Re: [EAI] Poll for MIME type - revised schedule and details

["YAO Jiankang" <yaojk at cnnic.cn>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harald Tveit Alvestrand" <harald at alvestrand.no>
To: "EAI WG" <ima at ietf.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:16 AM
Subject: [EAI] Poll for MIME type - revised schedule and details


> Hello folks,
> 
> after the discussions both on- and off-list after Chicago, we seem to have 
> reached the following conclusions:
> 
> - In the list of MIME types, there are people who see actual technical 
> issues with the MIME types - some are issues of style ("we don't do things 
> that way"), others are issues of perception ("that will make the thing look 
> silly in 5 years"), but they are very real issues that we should consider 
> carefully.
> 
> - In the IETF tradition, we don't do voting - we do do opinion polls, and 
> even allow close calls when it is more important to draw a conclusion than 
> which one is chosen - but we never do anonymous polls. People are expected 
> to stand for their opinions.
> 
> - Documented technical issues, where there's consensus that the issue is 
> adequately described and merits consideration, always overrule opinions.
> 
> Based on this background, the process we will follow is as follows:
> 
> - FIRST, we need to have documented the issues perceived with the MIME type 
> choice. I'm asking people to do that via mail to the mailing list, between 
> now and FRIDAY, AUGUST 17.
> 
> - On FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, I will send out a message announcing the poll. This 
> will ask you to rank *all* the alternatives for MIME type, reflecting your 
> opinion of the technical issues raised on the list - that is, if you think 
> an issue is very important, you put *all* the choices that are on one side 
> of the issue first, and *all* the choices that are on the other side last.
> 
> - On FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, at 0800 GMT, the poll closes. (This chair will be 
> away over the weekend, so the final result is unlikely to be announced 
> until late the week after. But a week should be long enough for people to 
> make up their minds.)
> The result will consist of the "best" choice according to a Condorcet 
> ranking of the preferences, with a Schultze tie-breaker if necessary, and 
> will include the complete record of who-said-what (no secret ballot).
> 
> - If the result is acceptable to the WG, we're done. If not, we figure out 
> some other way.
> 
> Seems OK?

GOOD. It is ok for me.

YAO Jiankang

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