Re: [Terminology] [Gendispatch] WG Review: Effective Terminology in IETF Documents (term)

[S Moonesamy <[e-mail]>]

Hi Keith, Niels,
At 12:47 PM 29-04-2021, Keith Moore wrote:
>On 4/27/21 11:19 AM, Niels ten Oever wrote:
>
>>it is probably better to describe the actual situation, namely that 
>>the majority of the tech industry and other standards bodies have 
>>reached consensus on the topic, and the IETF is still making up its mind.
>
>IMO this is a bit unfair for multiple reasons.
>
>But it's certainly fair to say that IETF is slower than we'd like to 
>be at developing technical standards, and even slower at developing 
>standards for itself - because we never developed an effective 
>process for the latter.

It still comes down to the IETF is still up its mind.

A consensus-based approach is not suitable for quick decision-making 
as such as approach is meant to be slow.  The current proposed work 
does not even fit in the existing procedure given that it is an 
editorial matter.

Will an IETF decision be relevant after the publication of the 
guidance from NIST Staff?

Regards,
S. Moonesamy