Re: Informational vs. Informational

[Andy Bierman <ietf at andybierman.com>]

Paul Hoffman wrote:
> On a thread about a specific document that is proposed to be an 
> Informational RFC coming through the IETF process:
>
> At 1:12 PM -0400 8/20/07, Sam Hartman wrote:
> > I've asked the sponsoring AD to make a
> > consensus call on whether we have sufficient support to be making this
> > sort of statement.  If not, then I'll be happy to take my document to
> > the rfc editor.
>
> This is pointless. No one other than an expert at the IETF process could 
> differentiate between the two types of Informational RFCs in RFC 
> repository (and many IETF process experts would not get it right on the 
> first try). An Informational RFC is an Informational RFC regardless of 
> the path that got it published.

RFC 2026, sec. 4.2.2 does not appear to designate two different types
of Informational RFCs.  Where is this specified in the standards process?


> --Paul Hoffman, Director
> --VPN Consortium

Andy

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