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"Andrew G. Malis" <agmalis@gmail.com> Tue, 09 June 2020 22:17 UTC

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From: "Andrew G. Malis" <agmalis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:17:00 -0400
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Mike,

You left off what's probably the most common category, an IETF WG consensus
document that doesn't contain protocol conformance language (e.g.
architecture, framework, overall requirements, etc.), thus is not on the
standards track.

Cheers,
Andy


On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 3:24 PM Michael StJohns <msj@nthpermutation.com>
wrote:

> Hi -
>
> I was looking at a document that's currently on last call for the third
> time in the transport area with a proposed status of "Informational".
> After reading it, I was wondering why it was being published by the
> Transport area, as opposed to being an architectural discussion by the
> IAB or even as a product of the IRTF?  In any event, it got me thinking
> about the Informational category of documents and wondering what would
> happen if we added a sub-header or sub-category for documents published
> under this banner - here's a strawman list:
>
> IAB Architectural Note - applied to IAB consensus documents
> IAB Policy Note -  ditto
> IESG Policy Note - applied to IESG consensus documents
> Community Policy Note - applied to community consensus documents
> wherever originated
> Technical Cross Publication - previously published documents where the
> IETF will not gain change control
> IRTF Pure Research
> IRTF Applied Research
> IETF Path Not Taken (applied to documents that weren't accepted as WG
> items, but might have been  viable alternatives ISE or Area Director
> sponsored)
> Individual Technical Proposal or Opinion
> Individual Policy Proposal or Opinion
> Individual Architectural Proposal or Opinion
> Individual Other
> (IAB/IESG/IRTF/IETF) Workshop Report
> Business Report
> Other; Uncategorized.
>
> The Informational group is the least homogeneous of any of the
> publication categories, and possible the one least understood by the
> non-IETF crowd as to its role.  Perhaps providing some sub-text might
> improve things slightly.
>
> This is a discussion topic - not so much a baked proposal.
>
> Enjoy - Mike
>
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