RFC - 3933
A Model for IETF Process Experiments
| Original: | ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3933.txt |
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| Authors: | J. Klensin [], S. Dawkins [] |
| Date: | November 2004 |
| Category: | Best Current Practice [ BCP-93 ] |
| Referred by: | 2 RFC |
| Refers to: | 4 RFC |
Status
This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).
Abstract
The IETF has designed process changes over the last ten years in one of two ways: announcement by the IESG, sometimes based on informal agreements with limited community involvement and awareness, and formal use of the same mechanism used for protocol specification. The first mechanism has often proven to be too lightweight, the second too heavyweight.
This document specifies a middle-ground approach to the system of making changes to IETF process, one that relies heavily on a "propose and carry out an experiment, evaluate the experiment, and then establish permanent procedures based on operational experience" model rather than those previously attempted.
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prepared by Miloslav Nic
- the founder of Zvon.org and Law-Ref.org
- the head of B.Sc. program Informatics and chemistry [in Czech]
- the founder of Lidem.org - Volby 2006 - parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic [in Czech]
- the chief consultant of the publishing house ICT Press
- and Pavel Srb, a student of B.Sc. program Informatics and chemistry