Re: Position papers due Dec 14

[Lixia Zhang <[e-mail]>]

On Dec 13, 2007, at 9:36 AM, Lisa Dusseault wrote:

> Remember brief position papers should be sent to Chris and me and/ 
> or the Apps Discuss list by end of day (anywhere) Dec 14.
>
> thanks!
> Lisa
>
> On Nov 15, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Lisa Dusseault wrote:
>
>>
>> On Feb 11 and 12, there will be an Applications Area Architecture  
>> workshop somewhere in the Bay Area.

I just noticed that this runs into conflict with E2E RG meeting in  
Boston (Feb 12-13), but hopefully there is little, if any,  overlap  
between the participants of the two meetings.


>>   We hope to nail down a venue once we've got a better idea of  
>> attendance.  We are going to look for a host, but if there are a  
>> few expenses not covered, we may ask for a few 100$ attendance  
>> fee.  If we need to charge a small fee we'll ask in advance of the  
>> actual meeting.
>>
>> Position papers are required of all attendees by Dec 14.  These  
>> should be a few pages of text on some topic related to  
>> Applications area architectural issues.  Since the group of  
>> attendees is expected to span HTTP and AtomPub, email, IM,  
>> calendaring, directories and more, issues should be of interest to  
>> more than one of these groups.  Some existing Applications  
>> architecture "modules" that already are reused  include SASL,  
>> URLs, MIME types, XML and XML schemas and namespaces, HTTP as a  
>> substrate, TLS, ABNF, BEEP.
>>
>> A position paper could describe a problem or make a proposal to  
>> solve a problem.  The paper could be a prelude to an I-D of any  
>> kind or to a WG charter, or might simply educate and persuade.  An  
>> ideal position paper would seed new work or make progress towards  
>> solving a problem that would benefit Apps protocol designers,  
>> implementors or users.
>>
>> Participants may send position papers directly to Lisa and Chris,  
>> although you can send position papers directly to the Apps Discuss  
>> list (we'll be circulating the papers publicly anyway).
>>
>> Since the due date for papers is Dec 14, if you'd like to flesh  
>> out an idea, the Vancouver IETF meeting might be a handy place to  
>> grab people and do so.
>>
>> In advance of Dec 14, we'd still appreciate early RSVPs.
>>
>> Lisa
>>
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