[Raw] Charter alignment of WG documents

[Rick Taylor <[e-mail]>]

Hi All,

The chairs are currently putting together that agenda for IETF-108, and one of the topics we would like to discuss on-list and during the meeting is the alignment of the current selection of WG drafts and the WG charter.

As it currently stands, we have a number of drafts that describe the architecture, use-cases, details of various RAW technologies, and OAM.  However, the charter discusses documents describing technical evaluation, requirements, etc.

We are interested in the opinion of the various draft authors and the WG as a whole to the idea of either reorganising the content of documents to match those described by the charter, or updating the charter to match our mental model of the RAW drafts needed.  At the same time, we wonder if it is important for the RAW WG documents to mimic the structure of the DetNet foundational docs (Problem Statement, Use Cases, Architecture) more closely.

We understand that there would be pain and delay involved in reworking these documents and/or the charter, and we would like the WG to balance the pain against any perceived benefit.  We also do not want to discourage the current author teams - we greatly value all their current input, and want to maintain that momentum.

We hope this starts a productive conversation, and we are looking to reach some consensus shortly after IETF-108.

Cheers,

Rick & Eve