Re: [Rfcplusplus] Conversation as metaphor

[Melinda Shore <[e-mail]>]

On 7/10/18 12:23 PM, Aaron Falk wrote:
> As the IRTF chair when this stream was formalized I should point out
> that an important reason for RGs to publish RFCs is the same reason that
> they are RGs in the first place: to have their work be adjacent,
> influence, and possibly migrate to the IETF. Of course, that is not the
> only reason we have RGs but it is a good reason to have non-standards
> track output in similar format & repositories as the IETF.

It's also probably worth mentioning that academics produce output
other than research papers, and we've got at least one instance of
a researcher who's got a protocol spec they'd like to see published
as an RFC through the IRTF.  It's already been submitted as a draft
and that draft has led to the start of several independent
implementations, and may be used as foundational technology for
other work.  There's at least some value to academics in having
an I-related publication stream available, independent of whether
or not an RFC carries the same stature as peer-reviewed publication.

Melinda