Internet User Glossary (userglos) Charter
NOTE: This charter is accurate as of the 35th IETF Meeting in Los Angeles. It
may now be out-of-date. (Consider this a "snapshot" of the working
group from that meeting.) Up-to-date charters for all active working
groups can be found elsewhere in this Web server.
Chair(s)
- Gary Malkin <gmalkin@xylogics.com>
User Services Area Director(s):
- Joyce Reynolds <jkrey@isi.edu>
Mailing List Information
- General Discussion:usergloss@xylogics.com
- To Subscribe: usergloss-request@xylogics.com
- Archive: ftp://xylogics.com/pub/users/gmalkin/usergloss/usergloss-arc
Description of Working Group
The Internet User Glossary Working Group is chartered to create an
Internet glossary of networking terms and acronyms for the Internet
community.
The working group will update the existing Internet Users' Glossary
(RFC-1392, FYI-18), which is now over two years old. The group will
make any necessary corrections and add new terminology which has evolved
since the last edition was created.
Goals and Milestones
- Done
- Review Internet user needs and format for a glossary. Discussion of current ideas about the glossary and the outline development. Finalize outline and organization of the glossary.
- Done
- Draft of glossary will be prepared, draft to be reviewed and modified.
- Done
- Examine the particular Internet user needs for a glossary and define the scope. Review, amend, and approve the Charter as necessary. Discussion of Userglos Working Group Chair nominations submitted by USWGers.
- Done
- Meet at Stockholm IETF to assemble corrections and additions to be used for the update of RFC 1392 (FYI 18).
- Sep 95
- Issue Internet-Draft for new edition of FYI 18.
- Mar 96
- Meet at LA IETF to conduct final review of the Internet-Draft.
- Apr 96
- Submit Internet-Draft to IESG for consideration as a update to RFC1392.
Current Internet-Drafts
Request for Comments