Technical Summary
This document is an extension to the base ALTO protocol (RFC 7785). It
extends the ALTO cost information service such that applications decide
not only 'where' to connect, but also 'when'. This is useful for applications
that need to perform bulk data transfer and would like to schedule these
transfers during an off-peak hour, for example.
Working Group Summary
The work has been discussed extensively in the WG over the years, and the
WG feels that the document is ready to for publication.
Document Quality
Cost calendar is a well-know extension within the working group, having been
first presented as an individual document on Jul 4, 2014 (individual -00
version). It was subsequently adopted as WG item on Jul 28, 2016.
The work has been reviewed by at least four key WG members in the past.
Post WGLC, version -06 of the document added a beefed up Security
Consideration and a new Operations Consideration section to the draft.
Key members of the WG reviewed the latest version of the draft including these
two sections.
The draft was presented to the IESG and balloted on 2018-12-04. This balloting
brought the draft back to the WG due to an IPR related issue leading to a second
WGLC.
There is one known implementation, authored by the editor of the draft.
Personnel
The document shepherd is Vijay K. Gurbani. The responsible Area Director is
Mirja Kühlewind.