Re: [Tools-discuss] A thought on I-Ds

Hi Fred,

on 2005-10-27 08:15 Fred Baker said the following:
> It seems to me that a huge part of what the secretariat does in ID  
> posting is ensure that a stated boilerplate is there and *if* it is  
> named draft-ietf-* that the WG has accepted the draft. XML2RFC is  
> popular.
> 
> What if -
> 
> suppose that the secretariat externalized a web page that did  
> essentially the tool on Marshall's xml.resource.org page, and had an  
> option to say "post the draft". The tool starts from an XML form and  
> produces the right boilerplate, obviating one check. The other check  
> could be obviated by ensuring that its name is in a certain list.  
> This would allow people to post drafts without taking up secretariat  
> staff cycles. The existing process remains available for those that  
> use other tools.
> 
> I'm probably missing something. What?

This is a subset of the proposed draft submission web-page functionality.
The document below describes that and other aspect of the tool, has been
approved by the IESG, and we're hoping that design and implementation can
start soon:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-tools-draft-submission-09.txt

Regards,

	Henrik

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