Re: [Autoconf] meeting at the coming IETF75

[Alexandru Petrescu <[e-mail]>]

Hi Ulrich,

Thanks for the reply.

Ulrich Herberg a écrit :
> Hi Alex,
> 
> since Ryuji already replied to your email, just a little technical 
> comment: xml2rfc (nor the DTD) does not limit the number of authors.
>  (just verified with the newest version).

Ok, things may have changed with the newest xml2rfc.  A few weeks ago
that was the case that xml2rfc limited authors to 5.

> As Ryuji said, the documents that circulate have never been 
> officially posted, they are just working material. So the number of 
> authors, the title and even the whole content may still change until 
> a document from the DT is released.

I am wondering what is the approach taken to write the draft:

-have you agreed on a ToC and then distributed the sections for each
  author to write independently?
-or is it a basic text laid down by some authors and then the other
  authors contribute in the form of comments to the initial text?

I believe this latter approach may have been preferred.  If yes - how
was that basic text selected - out of which SF presentation?

Alex



> 
> Ulrich
> 
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Alexandru Petrescu 
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Ryuji, I have no intention to disturb any personal feelings, and 
>> this is not offence to any one's name, excuses in advance.
>> 
>> minutes :
>>> A design team has been established to propose kick-start this 
>>> work, with the following participants:
>>> 
>>> o       Teco Boot, Emmanuel Baccelli, Charles Perkins, Mark 
>>> Townsley, Thomas Narten, Ulrich Herberg.
>> This doesn't match the initial announcement on this mailing list: 
>> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/autoconf/current/msg01557.html
>>  which basically had 5 members.
>> 
>> A couple of aspects of this change:
>> 
>> -it's impractical to have more than 5 co-authors on an I-D 
>> authorship, xml format makes it for max 5.  Of course, a 
>> contributors section could be used, and designate a couple of 
>> editors. -some drafts circulated on the DT archives have 3 
>> co-authors - why not all 5, or 6?  Are some members more important 
>> than others?
>> 
>> About the document title: is it 'strawman' (announced by the DT 
>> forming)? 'framework'  circulated in the DT archives)?  'practical 
>> model'?  (Charter says).  They don't seem to appear all at the same
>>  place.
>> 
>> I don't want to sound alarmist, but I'm wondering whether the DT is
>>  not risking spending its time with work for which it is not 
>> Chartered to do? Just noting.
>> 
>> Alex
>> 
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