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Re: What do we mean when we standardize something?

2013-05-29 12:42:34
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On 5/29/13 11:38 AM, Melinda Shore wrote:
I think this is one of the best discussions of what we're about
that I've seen anywhere, and I'm grateful to John for working this
through.

One thing I'd like to take up further is this:

On 5/29/13 9:23 AM, John C Klensin wrote:
Similarly, we sometimes hear it argued that we should accept a 
specification for Proposed Standard unchanged because it has been
extensively developed and reviewed elsewhere.  That may be 
reasonable in some cases although I'd hope we wouldn't make it a
common practice.  But, if a specification adopted for Proposed
Standard on that basis is then proposed for advancement to
Internet Standard, I think the review should be comprehensive
--perhaps even more comprehensive than the usual such review--
because the Internet Standard is unambiguously an IETF product
and recommendation not that of the other body.

I'd actually much prefer to see these go to informational, if 
they're to be published.  Otherwise I agree - if something's going 
to be an IETF standard it needs to go through the IETF standards 
development review and revision process, which is probably not what
the authors want.

/me wonders if we need a separate series for informational documentation

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
https://stpeter.im/


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