Requirements for an IETF Draft Submission Toolset
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Network Working Group                                        A. Rousskov
Request for Comments: 4228                       The Measurement Factory
Category: Informational                                    December 2005

           Requirements for an IETF Draft Submission Toolset

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 Internet Society (2005).

Abstract

   This document specifies requirements for an IETF toolset to
   facilitate Internet-Draft submission, validation, and posting.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................2
   2. Scope ...........................................................2
   3. Notation and Terminology ........................................3
   4. Status Quo ......................................................4
   5. Overall Toolset Operation .......................................6
   6. Upload Page .....................................................9
   7. Check Action ....................................................9
      7.1. Preprocessing .............................................10
      7.2. Processing ................................................11
      7.3. Storage ...................................................11
      7.4. Extraction ................................................12
      7.5. Validation ................................................13
           7.5.1. Absolute Requirements ..............................14
           7.5.2. Desirable Features .................................15
           7.5.3. DoS Thresholds .....................................17
           7.5.4. WG Approval ........................................17
   8. Check Page .....................................................18
      8.1. External Meta-Data ........................................19
   9. Post Now Action ................................................20
      9.1. Receipt Page ..............................................20
   10. Adjust Action .................................................21
   11. Adjust Page ...................................................21
   12. Post Manually Action ..........................................22
   13. Receipt Page ..................................................22

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   14. Bypassing the Toolset .........................................22
   15. Email Interface ...............................................23
   16. Implementation Stages .........................................25
   17. Testing .......................................................26
   18. Security Considerations .......................................27
   19. Compliance ....................................................27
   Appendix A. Comparison with Current Procedures ....................28
   Appendix B. Acknowledgements ......................................29
   Normative References ..............................................30
   Informative References ............................................30

1.  Introduction

   Public Internet-Drafts are the primary means of structured
   communication within the IETF.  Current Internet-Draft submission and
   posting mechanisms hinder efficient and timely communication while
   creating an unnecessary load on the IETF Secretariat.  The IETF Tools
   team recommends formalization and automation of the current
   mechanisms.  This document contains specific automation requirements.

   The IETF Secretariat and many IETF participants have long been
   proponents of automation.  This document attempts to reflect their
   known needs and wishes, as interpreted by the Tools team.

2.  Scope

   The Draft Submission Toolset discussed in this document is about
   getting a single new version of an Internet-Draft from an IETF
   participant to the IETF draft repository.  A single draft version may
   include several formats, and dealing with those formats is in scope
   for the Toolset.  Definition and sources of draft meta-information
   (to be used in Secretariat databases and elsewhere) are in scope.
   Submitter authentication and submission authorization are in scope.

   Draft posting may result in various notifications sent to interested
   parties.  While this document recommends a subset of notification
   targets, details of notifications are out of scope.

   Creation of new drafts or new draft versions as well as manipulation,
   visualization, and interaction with the drafts already in the
   repository are out of scope.  Draft expiration and archiving of old
   draft versions are out of scope.

   The set of requirements in this document is not meant to be
   comprehensive or final.  Other IETF documents or procedures may