An IRTF Primer for IETF Participants
RFC 7418
| Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(December 2014; No errata)
Was draft-dawkins-irtf-newrg (individual)
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| Last updated | 2014-12-12 | ||
| Stream | IRTF | ||
| Formats | plain text pdf html bibtex | ||
| IETF conflict review | conflict-review-dawkins-irtf-newrg | ||
| Stream | IRTF state | Published RFC | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | No | ||
| RFC Editor Note | (None) | ||
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Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) S. Dawkins, Ed.
Request for Comments: 7418 Huawei
Category: Informational December 2014
ISSN: 2070-1721
An IRTF Primer for IETF Participants
Abstract
This document provides a high-level description of things for
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) participants to consider when
bringing proposals for new research groups (RGs) into the Internet
Research Task Force (IRTF). This document emphasizes differences in
expectations between the two organizations.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Research Task Force
(IRTF). The IRTF publishes the results of Internet-related research
and development activities. These results might not be suitable for
deployment. This RFC represents the individual opinion(s) of one or
more members of the IRSG Research Group of the Internet Research Task
Force (IRTF). Documents approved for publication by the IRSG are not
a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC
5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7418.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
document authors. All rights reserved.
This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal
Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
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to this document.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. The IRTF Is Not the IETF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.1. Research and Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3. Time Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.4. Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.5. Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.6. Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.7. Deliverables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.8. Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Now That You Know What Not to Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Introduction and Scope
This document provides a high-level description of things for
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) participants to consider when
bringing proposals for new research groups (RGs) into the Internet
Research Task Force (IRTF). This document emphasizes differences in
expectations between the two organizations.
IRTF RG guidelines and procedures are described in BCP 8 [RFC2014],
and this document does not change those guidelines and procedures in
any way.
2. The IRTF Is Not the IETF
A number of proposals from experienced IETF participants for new IRTF
RGs have encountered problems because the IETF participants were
making proposals appropriate for the IETF, but not for the IRTF.
[RFC2014] describes the origin of IRTF RGs but doesn't provide much
detail about the process, which is intended to be flexible and
accommodate new types of RGs. Lacking that detail, experienced IETF
participants fall back on what they know, assume that chartering an
IRTF RG will be similar to chartering an IETF working group (WG),
follow the suggestions in [RFC6771] to gather a group of interested
parties, and then follow the suggestions in [RFC5434] to prepare for
a successful BOF and eventually, a chartered WG.
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