Issue 271 of 5987bis - Proposed Standard or Internet Standard?

[Patrick McManus <[e-mail]>]

Gentlefolk of the HTTPbis WG -

I need to direct your attention to one of just two open issues with the
5987bis document (Indicating Character Encoding and Language for HTTP
Header Field Parameters), which deals with the intended status of the
eventual RFC. The consensus of the WG is sought.

https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions/issues/271

The intended status of this document is currently listed as "Internet
Standard" ( https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc5987bis/
)

The other practical status for standards track documents is proposed
standard  - its laid out here https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2026.txt and also
in https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6410.txt

The basic guidance is:

      An Internet Standard is characterized by a high degree of
      technical maturity and by a generally held belief that the
      specified protocol or service provides significant benefit to the
      Internet community.

A list of the ~100 active documents currently bearing STD status can be
found here https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards#IS

I apologize to Julian for not starting this thread earlier, I
procrastinated long enough that we got into the holiday season and then I
decided to defer until everyone's attention returned to work.
Thanks for your input.
-Patrick, chair-hat on