Liaison statement
IETF use of NISTIR8366
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State | Posted |
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Submitted Date | 2021-05-11 |
From Group | IETF |
From Contact | Lars Eggert |
To Group | NIST |
To Contacts | Patrick Gallagher <patrick.gallagher@nist.gov> |
Cc | The IESG <iesg@ietf.org> The IETF Chair <chair@ietf.org> |
Response Contact | The IETF Chair <chair@ietf.org> |
Purpose | For information |
Attachments | (None) |
Body |
The Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) would like to inform the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of our use of your Interagency or Internal Report 8366, "Guidance for NIST Staff on Using Inclusive Language in Documentary Standards", as a reference for contributors to the IETF on the use of inclusive language. The IETF has had a lengthy discussion on what our guidance to IETF contributors should be on this topic. When NISTIR8366 was published last month, our community expressed strong support for adopting the guidance in NISTIR8366 in lieu of formulating our own. The IESG hence published a statement at https://www.ietf.org/about/groups/iesg/statements/on-inclusive-language/ to that effect, of which we wanted to make you aware. We would like to thank NIST for making such a useful document freely available. Lars Eggert IETF Chair |