Re: comments on the architecture document

[Noel Chiappa <[e-mail]>]

	Yakov:

    I am not aiming at making the document perfect. Having
    a good document should be just fine. However, I certainly
    object to publishing a document that has any of the following
    properties:

    (1) self contradictions
    (2) one-sided presentations
    (3) ambiguities
    (4) claims without factual support
    (5) technically incorrect statements

    The comments I made on the Architecture document show that
    the document has all five of the above properties. The IETF
    process, as you correctly pointed out, shall not insist on
    perfect documents. However, it shall insist on documents that
    are not self-contradicting, don't give one-sided presentations,
    are unambiguous, don't make unsupported claims, and don't
    carry technically incorrect statements.


	I think we could probably go around forever on this one. Since I'm not
familiar with the minutiae of IETF/IESG/IAB rules, I'm not at all sure that
the 5 qualities you list are in fact mandatory, although I agree that several
of them (not ambiguous, self-contradictory or technically incorrect) are
excellent goals.
	I will simply point out that many of the criteria you cite are very
subjective, and reasonable people could disagree, for instance on whether a
document was 'one-sided'. I hope you realize that should you force other
standards to jump these hoops, opponents might in the future deploy them
against ones you are interested in.

	Noel