Re: Call for Review of draft-rfced-rfcxx00-retired, "List of Internet Official Protocol Standards: Replaced by an Online Database"

[SM <[e-mail]>]

At 11:48 14-08-2013, IAB Chair wrote:
This is a call for review of "List of Internet Official Protocol 
Standards: Replaced by an Online Database" prior to potential 
approval as an IAB stream RFC.

The document is available for inspection here: 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-rfced-rfcxx00-retired/

 From Section 2.1 of RFC 2026:

   'The status of Internet protocol and service specifications is
    summarized periodically in an RFC entitled "Internet Official
    Protocol Standards".'

My guess is that draft-rfced-rfcxx00-retired cannot update RFC 
2026.  Does the IAB have any objection if I do something about that?

 From Section 3:

   "This document formally retires STD 1.  Identifier STD 1 will not be
    re-used unless there is a future need to publish periodic snapshots
    of the Standards Track documents (i.e., unless the documentation is
    resumed)."

The document argues that STD 1 is historic as there is an online list 
now.  The above reserves an option to restart periodic snapshots if 
there is a future need.  I suggest removing that option as I presume 
that the IAB has thought carefully about the long term evolution of 
the Series before taking the decision to retire STD 1.

Regards,
-sm