Application Configuration Access Protocol (acap)

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NOTE: This charter is a snapshot of the 53rd IETF Meeting in Minneapolis, MN USA. It may now be out-of-date. Last Modified: 31-Jul-01

Chair(s):
Chris Newman <chris.newman@innosoft.com>
Matt Wall <wall@cyrusoft.com>
Applications Area Director(s):
Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com>
Patrik Faltstrom <paf@cisco.com>
Applications Area Advisor:
Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com>
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Description of Working Group:
The goal of this working group is to define, specify, and develop the Application Configuration Access Protocol as a general access mechanism for per-user and per-server structured lists of information. In addition, the Working Group will specify how to use the protocol to store specific structured lists, initially application configuration options and addressbooks.

The Application Configuration Access Protocol is a proposed solution to the problems of client configuration for users of the internet.

Given the increasing prevalence of network access points and rapidly increasing numbers of users with diverse needs and settings, there is a phenomenon of internet application users who typically connect from more than one physical location and/or operating system to use the same set of internet services and applications. These users must recreate sets of personal configuration information for each system, session, and location that they use. This may include information such as application options and preferences; personal or shared user data such as addressbooks, bookmarks, or subscription lists; or shared data for internal client use, such as authorization group lists.

The products of this working group will be:

* a formal specification for the protocol * formal specifications of datasets used by the protocol and related extensions to the protocol * an RFC intended to move to a Standard in a timely manner * a specification for extensibility of the protocol in the form of a framework document * additional informational and/or experimental RFCs as necessary to amplify and/or extend ACAP.

Note on goals and milestones: because the work of the ACAP WG is based on the previous work done on IMSP, there is justification for a somewhat more aggressive schedule than is customary.

Goals and Milestones:
Done   Second internet-draft of ACAP protocol specification
Done   Submission of revised proposed WG charter to area directors
Done   Submission of 'ACAP vs. Other Protocols' as Internet Draft
Done   Submission of 'ACAP vs. Other Protocols' Informational Document for discussion
Done   working group meeting at San Jose IETF
Done   Working implementations of client and server library
Done   Additional dataset specifications defined as directed by WG.
Done   Final internet-draft of ACAP protocol submitted to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard
Done   Meet at Munich IETF. Discussion to include language-based orderings.
Done   Submit remaining dataset class definitions I-D to IESG for considertation as a Proposed Standard.
Dec 00   Submit Final drafts of options, personal addressbook and mediatype dataset classes
Feb 01   Proposed standard recycle of ACAP base spec with bugfixes and possible change to mandatory-to-implement auth mechanism
May 01   Conclude WG.
Internet-Drafts:
Request For Comments:
RFCStatusTitle
RFC2244PSACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol
RFC2245PSAnonymous SASL Mechanism

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