[iola-wgcharter-tool] A question about the states in RFC 6292

[Henrik Levkowetz <[e-mail]>]

Hi,

While implementing the WG Charter tool, we discovered a potential problem
with the state description in RFC 6292,
  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6292

The RFC describes one set of review states for a WG during initial
chartering, and another set of review states during re-chartering:

Initial:
   o  Informal IESG review
   o  Internal review
   o  External review
   o  IESG review
   o  WG exists
   o  Not currently under review

Rechartering:
   o  WG exists; Informal IESG recharter review
   o  WG exists; Internal recharter review
   o  WG exists; External recharter review

Now, the objects which exists in the database which are relevant for
the chartering process are two:  A *WG Object* (which before the RFC 6292
extensions can be in one of two states: 'Active' and 'Concluded'), and a
*Document Object*, the Charter, which potentially can get any set of
appropriate states we care to assign it.

There is no 'WG Review' object to hold a 'review state', and there seems
to be a mixture in what the review states listed above applies to - WG,
charter, or a review process.

Our suggestion, and the way we have implemented this in the code currently,
is to split the states up as described below.  From these states, all of
the 'review states' above can be synthesized if desired, although we would
propose that it's more straightforward to display the WG state and the
Charter document state directly:

  * The WG object keeps its current states, and gets a new one:
	o Proposed
	o Active
	o Concluded

  * The Charter Document Object gets the following states:
	o Informal IESG Review
	o  Informal IESG review
	o  Internal review
	o  External review
	o  IESG review
	o  Not currently under review
	o Approved


Thoughts?


Best regards,

	Henrik