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Internet Draft TrekAhead
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Abstract
This document contains definitions for the different states that
documents (viz. Internet-Drafts) may experience while associated
with an IETF working group. The first state occurs when an Internet
Draft (I-D) is submitted for consideration as a working group item.
The last state is either when the I-D is sent to the IESG for
publication, or declared as "dead".
The purpose of this Internet-Draft is to serve as a basis for the
definition of requirements to extend the IETF Datatracker tool so
that the community may monitor the status and progression of I-Ds
through IETF working groups.
For completeness, Appendix A has definitions for all of the I-D
states which are already coded into the Datatracker. These states
describe the progression and status of I-Ds after they have been
submitted to the IESG for publication.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction...................................................3
2. Conventions used in this document..............................4
3. Definitions of Possible WG Document States.....................4
3.1. WG Document States........................................4
3.1.1. Candidate WG Document................................5
3.1.2. Active WG Document...................................5
3.1.3. Not a WG Document....................................5
3.1.4. Parked WG Document...................................5
3.1.5. In WG Last Call......................................5
3.1.6. WG Last Call Completed...............................5
3.1.7. Waiting for WG Document Shepherd Write-Up............6
3.1.8. Submitted to IESG for Publication....................6
3.1.9. Dead WG Document.....................................6
3.2. Straw Man WG Document State Diagram.......................6
3.3. WG Document Substates.....................................6
3.3.1. Awaiting Cross-Area Review...........................8
3.3.2. Awaiting MIB Doctor Review...........................8
3.3.3. Awaiting Security Review.............................8
3.3.4. Awaiting Other Review................................8
3.3.5. Awaiting Merge with Other Document...................9
3.3.6. Author or Editor Needed..............................9
3.3.7. Held due to Dependency on other Document.............9
3.3.8. Held due to IESG concerns on this Document...........9
1. Introduction
The IETF Datatracker is a web-based system for managing information
about Internet-Drafts (I-Ds), RFCs and several other important
aspects of the IETF process [IDTRACKER]. A limitation of the
Datatracker is that its database contains very little information
about the status of Internet Drafts prior to the time they are
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Figure 1 - Diagram of I-D states relevant to IETG working groups
4. Security Considerations
This document does not propose any new internet mechanisms, and has
no security implications for the internet.
5. IANA Considerations
This document does not require any new number assignments from IANA,
and does not define any new numbering spaces to be administered by
IANA.
RFC-Editor: Please remove this section before publication.
6. References
6.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process: Revision
3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.
7. Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank Henrik Levkowetz and Allison Mankin
for writing the original I-Ds [PROTO] that provided copious amounts
of text and the basic structure of this document.
The author would also like to thank Henrik Levkowetz, Alfred Hoenes,
John Klensin, Pasi Eronen, Mary Barnes, Glenn Parsons, Spencer
Dawkins, Russ Housley, Marc Blanchet, Andy Malis and other WG chairs
for useful discussions, comments and suggestions.
This document was initially prepared using 2-Word-v2.0.template.dot.
Author's Address
Ed Juskevicius
TrekAhead
PO Box 491, Carp, ON
CANADA
Email: edj.etc@gmail.com