The RFC Series and RFC Editor
RFC 4844
| Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(July 2007; No errata)
Updated by RFC 5741
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| Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
| Stream | IAB | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
| Stream | IAB state | (None) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
| RFC Editor Note | (None) | ||
Network Working Group L. Daigle, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4844
Category: Informational Internet Architecture Board
(IAB)
July 2007
The RFC Series and RFC Editor
Status of This Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2007).
Abstract
This document describes the framework for an RFC Series and an RFC
Editor function that incorporate the principles of organized
community involvement and accountability that has become necessary as
the Internet technical community has grown, thereby enabling the RFC
Series to continue to fulfill its mandate.
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RFC 4844 The RFC Series and RFC Editor July 2007
Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. RFC Series Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Roles and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. RFC Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. IAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.3. Operational Oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.4. Policy Oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.1. Document Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1.1. Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1.2. Operational Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1.3. Process Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.4. Existing Approval Process Documents . . . . . . . . . 8
4.2. Editing, Processing, and Publication of Documents . . . . 8
4.2.1. Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.2.2. Operational Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.2.3. Process Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2.4. Existing Process Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3. Archiving, Indexing, and Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3.1. Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3.2. Operational Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3.3. Process Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.3.4. Existing Process Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.4. Series-Wide Guidelines and Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.4.1. Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.4.2. Operational Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.4.3. Process Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.4.4. Existing Process Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5. RFC Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.1. RFC Approval Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.1.1. IETF Document Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.1.2. IAB Document Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.1.3. IRTF Document Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.1.4. Independent Submission Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.2. RFC Technical Publication Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2.1. IETF Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2.2. IAB Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2.3. IRTF Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2.4. Independent Submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7. IAB Members at the Time of Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Appendix A. A Retrospective of IAB Charters and RFC Editor . . . 17
A.1. 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
A.2. 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
A.3. 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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RFC 4844 The RFC Series and RFC Editor July 2007
1. Introduction
The first Request for Comments (RFC) document was published in April
of 1969 as part of the effort to design and build what we now know of
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