IESG Statement on Ethertypes
The IEEE Registration Authority (IEEE RA) assigns Ethertypes with oversight from the IEEE Registration Authority Committee (IEEE RAC).
This statement highlights initial discussions about the use of oppressive or exclusionary language in IETF documents.
The IESG believes the use of oppressive or exclusionary language is harmful. Such terminology is present in some IETF documents, including standards-track RFCs, and has been for many years. It is at odds with our objective of creating an inclusive and respectful environment in the IETF, and among readers of our documents.
The IESG realizes that the views of the community about this topic are not uniform. Determining an actionable policy regarding problematic language is an ongoing process. We wanted to highlight that initial discussions about this topic are taking place in the general area (a draft is slated for discussion in GENDISPATCH at IETF 108). Updating terminology in previously published RFCs is a complex endeavor, while making adjustments in the language used in our documents in the future should be more straightforward.
The IESG looks forward to hearing more from the community, engaging in those discussions, and helping to develop a framework for handling this issue going forward.
The IEEE Registration Authority (IEEE RA) assigns Ethertypes with oversight from the IEEE Registration Authority Committee (IEEE RAC).
RFC4395: Guidelines and Registration Procedures for New URI Schemes
This IESG statement covers the guidelines in RFC3406 on the requirements for registering new formal namespaces include several review steps.
This document describes the process that the IETF transport area directors employ when new congestion control algorithms that differ significantly from currently-published IETF standards are brought to the IETF for specification and publication as Experimental RFCs.
IDNA [IDNA] specifies an encoding of characters in the Unicode character repertoire [UNICODE] which is backwards-compatible with the current definition of hostnames.
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