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Dave CROCKER <dhc@dcrocker.net> Tue, 09 February 2010 16:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [ietf-outcomes] [OPS-AREA] IETF Outcomes wiki
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Dave,

On 2/9/2010 7:53 AM, David Harrington wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think it would be good to set success and failure to match rfc 5218,
> and have the legends page provide brief descriptions of the
> categories, and reference RFC 5218 for more details.


The easy question is:  why?

The definition in RFC 5218 is:

      "we consider a successful protocol to be one that both meets its original
      goals and is widely deployed."

This means that a protocol is a failure if it is widely used, but for different 
purposes than it was intended.

"Deployed" is also a problem, since there is a long track record of industry's 
having deployed something but never actually using it very much.  I submit all 
of OSI as a prime example.

      These are the reasons the wiki was premised on the simple measure of use.

However I note that the column that lists degree of success only uses the word 
'adoption'. However Target Segment uses 'use'.

d/

ps.  I also note you've been busy updating net management-related entries.  Thanks!

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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net

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