Re: [hybi] I-D Action: draft-ietf-hybi-permessage-compression-28.txt

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 5:44 AM, Tobias Oberstein <
tobias.oberstein@tavendo.de> wrote:

> Great; I've checked it too, and I agree.  I've approved it, and you
>> should see the announcement soon.
>>
>
> Awesome! The WebSocket compression extension is of great practical value.

Thank you, Tobias for your continued contribution including discussion and
building the reliable and comprehensive test suites.

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>
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>> The working group will remain open until the RFC is published, after
>> which I'll close the working group, but leave the mailing list open
>>
>
> Regarding the closing of the working group, I would like to ask what is
> required to recharter the WG to work on a specific WebSocket subprotocol.
>

I also wonder what we'll lose and what we won't (in addition to the mailing
list) after WG close. I was worried that we might lose the mailing list too.

I guess at least we'll be unable to raise I-Ds as WG items while the WG is
closed.

>
> The current WG charter has this to say:
>
> """
> The working group will also serve as a discussion venue for
> subprotocols.  However, no subprotocol is currently chartered as a
> deliverable, and the WG must be rechartered to work on any
> subprotocols.
> """ http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/charter-ietf-hybi/
>
> The subprotocol I would like to start working on is:
>
> "The Web Application Messaging Protocol (WAMP)"
>
> http://wamp.ws/
> https://github.com/tavendo/WAMP/
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/websocket/websocket.xml#subprotocol-name
>
> WAMP was the 3rd WebSocket subprotocol officially registered at IANA, has
> gone through 3+ years of development, has nearly two dozen independent and
> interoparable implementations, and an active community.
>
> I have asked on the WAMP implementors mailing list if there is interest in
> working on a RFC for WAMP, and multiple responses indicate that there is
> indeed interest:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/wampws/LlKjMF3ZJf8
>
> I am original author of WAMP, and have been active during the development
> of WebSocket and the WebSocket compression extension on the Hybi working
> group.
>
> I also created and maintain the Autobahn WebSocket testsuite - an
> automated testsuite for WS used by most implementors.
>
> http://autobahn.ws/testsuite/
>
> Apart from that I wrote a couple of WebSocket implementations in different
> languages.
>
> However, I never wrote an RFC nor do I know a lot about IETF processes and
> such.
>
> Hence my naive question: what's required to start working on WAMP within
> the context of this WG?
>
> Cheers,
> /Tobias
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