Re: [AVT] Draft charter revision

[Colin Perkins <csp@csperkins.org>]

Michael,

--> "Michael A. Ramalho" <mramalho@cisco.com> writes:
> I've got two questions regarding the following snippet from the
> re-charter:
> 
> "The group continues to be precluded from work on codecs themselves
> because of overlap with the other standards bodies, and because the
> IETF does not have the ability to effectively review new codecs. An
> exception was made for the freeware iLBC codec on a highly experimental
> basis, but acceptance of new codec work is unexpected and subject
> to rechartering."
> 
> 1) With regard to iLBC, while I understood that the issue was not fully
> resolved, I thought AVT was to be the "primary repository" for iLBC's
> definition (that is, not the ITU-T or other standards defining bodies).
> I more or less understand what "experimental" means in the IETF - but
> what does "highly experimental" mean? Is it even less probable that
> iLBC will eventually attain standards status by the additional adjective?

The iLBC codec specification is on track to be published as an Experimental
RFC. There are no plans to advance it to the standards track.

> 2) With regard to RGL (for people unfamiliar to RGL, see www.vovida.org
> for details), RGL is really a "lossless data compression technique"
> applied to (A or mu-law) G.711. Steve had requested that "avt" be
> included in the titles of RGL revisions - so I assumed it was a working
> group item. Is RGL covered in the "re-chartering statement" (above)? Or
> is RGL, by virtue of it having more in common with a data compression
> algorithm than a(lossy) signal processing codec, exempt (no codec
> expertise needed - a rational noted above)? If this is unclear, could you
> obtain further guidance from the ADs (Allison) or the IESG?

The RGL codec and payload format are not currently AVT work items.  The
codec is covered by the statement that "acceptance of new codec work is
unexpected and subject to rechartering". 

-- 
Colin Perkins
csp@csperkins.org

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