Requirements for Internet-Draft Tracking by the IETF Community in the Datatracker
RFC 6293

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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                        P. Hoffman
Request for Comments: 6293                                VPN Consortium
Category: Informational                                        June 2011
ISSN: 2070-1721

              Requirements for Internet-Draft Tracking by
                 the IETF Community in the Datatracker

Abstract

   The document gives a set of requirements for extending the IETF
   Datatracker to give individual IETF community members, including the
   IETF leadership, easy methods for tracking the progress of the
   Internet-Drafts and RFCs of interest to them.

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 Engineering Task Force
   (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
   received public review and has been approved for publication by the
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   Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.

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RFC 6293           Datatracker Community Tracking Reqs         June 2011

Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     1.1.  Usage Scenarios  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
     1.2.  Context for This Document  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     1.3.  Definitions Used in This Document  . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     1.4.  Expected User Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   2.  Requirements for Tools Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     2.1.  Lists  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
       2.1.1.  Requirement: Lists of I-Ds and RFCs can be large . . .  6
       2.1.2.  Requirement: Every Datatracker user can create one
               list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
       2.1.3.  Requirement: Read-only views of private lists can
               be made visible to others  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
       2.1.4.  Requirement: The Datatracker must support optional
               publicly-readable lists for WGs and Area Directors . .  7
       2.1.5.  Requirement: Specifying the I-Ds and RFCs that are
               in a list must be simple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
       2.1.6.  Requirement: Adding groups of I-Ds to a list by
               attribute must be simple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
       2.1.7.  Requirement: Private information must not be
               exposed in lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     2.2.  Notifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       2.2.1.  Requirement: Users can be notified when an I-D
               changes status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       2.2.2.  Requirement: Every list has Atom feeds associated
               with it  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
       2.2.3.  Requirement: Every list has mail streams
               associated with it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
       2.2.4.  Requirement: Notifications need to specify which
               list caused the notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     2.3.  Display in the Datatracker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
       2.3.1.  Requirement: Users can define their Datatracker
               document view  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
       2.3.2.  Requirement: Users can choose which attributes to
               display  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
       2.3.3.  Requirement: Users can flag I-Ds with dates in the
               future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
       2.3.4.  Requirement: Users can specify highlighting of
               I-Ds and RFCs with recent changes  . . . . . . . . . . 12
     2.4.  File Output  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
       2.4.1.  Requirement: Users can get their current list as a
               single file  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12