IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures
RFC 1603
Document | Type |
RFC - Informational
(March 1994; No errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 2418
Updated by RFC 1871
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Authors | Erik Huizer , Dave Crocker | ||
Last updated | 2013-03-02 | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
Stream | WG state | (None) | |
Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 1603 (Informational) | |
Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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Network Working Group E. Huizer Request for Comments: 1603 SURFnet bv Category: Informational D. Crocker Silicon Graphics, Inc. March 1994 IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has responsibility for developing and reviewing specifications intended as Internet Standards. IETF activities are organized into working groups (WGs). This document describes the guidelines and procedures for formation and operation of IETF working groups. It describes the formal relationship between IETF participants WG and the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). The basic duties of IETF participants, including WG Chair and IESG Area Directors are defined. Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION.............................................. 2 1.1. IETF approach to standardization........................ 3 1.2. Acknowledgments......................................... 4 2. WORKING GROUP (WG) FORMATION.............................. 5 2.1. Criteria for formation.................................. 5 2.2. Charter................................................. 6 2.3. Charter review & approval............................... 9 2.4. Birds of a feather (BOF)................................ 9 3. WORKING GROUP OPERATION................................... 11 3.1. Session planning........................................ 11 3.2. Session venue........................................... 12 3.3. Session management...................................... 14 3.4. Contention and appeals overview......................... 15 4. WORKING GROUP TERMINATION................................. 16 5. STAFF ROLES............................................... 17 5.1. WG Chair................................................ 17 5.2. WG Editor/Secretary..................................... 19 5.3. WG Facilitator.......................................... 19 5.4. Design teams............................................ 19 Huizer & Crocker [Page 1] RFC 1603 IETF Working Group Guidelines March 1994 5.5. Area Consultant......................................... 19 5.6. Area Director........................................... 20 5.7. Area Directorate........................................ 21 6. WORKING GROUP DOCUMENTS................................... 21 6.1. Session documents....................................... 21 6.2. IETF meeting document archive........................... 21 6.3. Internet-Drafts (I-D)................................... 23 6.4. Request For Comments (RFC).............................. 24 6.5. Submission of documents................................. 24 6.6. Review of documents..................................... 25 7. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS................................... 26 8. REFERENCES................................................ 26 9. AUTHORS' ADDRESSES........................................ 27 APPENDIX: SAMPLE WORKING GROUP CHARTER........................ 28 1. INTRODUCTION This document defines guidelines and procedures for Internet Engineering Task Force working groups. The Internet is a loosely- organized international collaboration of autonomous, interconnected networks; it supports host-to-host communication through voluntary adherence to open protocols and procedures defined by Internet Standards, a collection of which are commonly known as "the TCP/IP protocol suite". The Internet Standards Process is defined in [1]. Development and review of potential Internet Standards from all sources is conducted by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The IETF is a large, open community of network designers, operators, vendors, users, and researchers concerned with the Internet and the technology used on it. The IETF is managed by its Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) whose membership includes an IETF Chair, responsible for oversight of general IETF operations, and Area Directors, each of whom is responsible for a set of IETF activities and working groups. The IETF Executive Director and IESG Secretary are ex-officio participants, as are the IAB Chair and a designated Internet Architecture Board (IAB) member. At present there are 10 areas, though the number and purview of areas changes over time:Show full document text