Guide for Internet Standards Writers (stdguide) Charter
NOTE: This charter is accurate as of the 37th IETF Meeting in San Jose. 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may now be out-of-date.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)
- Greg Scott <scottg@ftm.disa.mil>
Operational Requirements Area Director(s):
- Scott Bradner <sob@harvard.edu>
- Michael O'Dell <mo@uunet.uu.net>
Area Advisor
- Mike O'Dell <mo@uunet.uu.net>
Mailing List Information
- General Discussion:stdguide@midnight.com
- To Subscribe: majordomo@midnight.com
- In Body: subscribe stdguide
- Archive: ftp://ftp.midnight.com/pub/stdguide-archive
Description of Working Group
This working group will provide a forum for implementers, testers, and
users of current Internet standard protocols to provide feedback on the
standards themselves; i.e., on what aspects of the documents defining
the standards have assisted or hindered the implementation, test, and
use of those protocols.
The purpose of the group is to collect this information, much of which
survives today as word-of-mouth knowledge in the Internet community,
and present it as a BCP document. This document will cover definitions,
guidelines, and a list of heuristic rules for avoiding common mistakes
in writing Internet protocol standards documents.
Note: This working group is jointly chartered by the Operational
Requirements Area and the User Services Area.
Goals and Milestones
- Oct 95
- Post a detailed outline for the document and a call for participation.
- Nov 95
- Post guide for standards writers as an Intenet-Draft.
- Dec 95
- Meet at Dallas IETF.
- Jan 96
- Issue revised Internet-Draft based on input from list and working group meeting.
- Mar 96
- Submit Internet-Draft to IESG for consideration as a BCP RFC.
Current Internet-Drafts
No Request for Comments