The IAOC intends to seek bids for a project to automate the generation of RFC
Editor statistics
and reports and desires community input on a draft Statement of Work. The SOW
is located
here: <http://iaoc.ietf.org/rfps.html>.
The community comment period ends 21 September 2014. The IAOC will consider
all
comments received during this period.
Overview
Over time, the RFC Editor’s list of statistics and report products have grown,
and maintaining
them requires significant manual effort. This project will automate the
generation of these
statistics and reports. This includes the monthly production of reports at
https://www.rfc-editor.org/reports/, and episodic creations of presentations
for meetings
with the community. This project will additionally automate the production of
two new report artifacts.
Deliverables/Tasks
The developer will work with the RFC production center staff to:
1. Identify any changes to the database needed to facilitate report
production without the
current manual transcription, and implement those changes.
2. Identify changes in the look of the needed reports, particularly those
needed to indicate
the current month information is ‘to-date’.
3. Design the format for two new reports artifacts.
4. Design and implement a mechanism to produce the needed reports
on-demand.
5. Provide a mechanism to export the data used for the reports for use
with programs like
Excel to facilitate ad-hoc reporting.
6. Integrate the report generation mechanism with
http://www.rfc-editor.org/reports.
7. Provide a set of tests appropriate for regression testing for all
software created by this
project demonstrating correct operation.
8. Provide documentation and training for the RFC Production Center staff.
All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary and may
be used in
the development of the SOW.
Thanks for your continuing advice and support.
Ray Pelletier
IETF Administrative Director