New IETF Standards Track Discussion BOF (newtrk)

Thursday, November 13 at 1530-1730
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CHAIRS: Scott Bradner <[email protected]>

DESCRIPTION:
The consensus in the problem working group is that the current IETF 3-
stage standards track described in RFC 2026 [RFC2026] is not working as
originally intended.  The draft problem statement document says:

    "The current hierarchy of Proposed, Draft and Full Standard
    maturity levels for specifications is no longer being used in the
    way that was envisioned when the stratification was originally
    proposed.  In practice, the IETF currently has a one-step
    standards process that subverts the IETF's preference for
    demonstrating effectiveness through running code in multiple
    interoperable implementations and compresses the process that
    previously allowed specifications to mature as experience was
    gained with actual implementations:"

The draft document then goes on to list 4 observations:

 1/ few documents actually progress after being published as PS
 2/ there is a perception that the IESG raised the quality requirement
 3/ in spite of the raised quality requirement, running code is not
     required
 4/ there seems to be a reinforcing feedback loop involved: vendors
    implement and deploy PS documents so the IESG tries to make the PS
    documents better

The draft problem document concludes that the 3-stage process is excessive.

This BOF will discuss the observation that the current IETF 3-stage
standards track is not working and discuss options for different standards
track processes.

Expected output of BOF:
       1/ criteria for declaring "success" for a new IETF standards track
       2/ next steps

AGENDA:

 1/ description of current IETF Standards Track
 2/ observations from problem working group
 3/ what other SDOs do
 4/ proposals for alternate standards track processes
 5/ what would define success in a revised IETF Standards track
 6/ open discussion

Reading List:
       draft-ietf-problem-issue-statement-04.txt
       draft-dawkins-pstmt-twostage-01.txt
       draft-bradner-ietf-stds-trk-00.txt
       draft-iesg-hardie-outline-00.txt
       draft-loughney-what-standards-00.txt

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