I don't think we are in a hurry to move the draft to an RFC, so, can the draft be held in the "Draft" stage and issue a call for implementations? The future of the draft should be based on the implementation reports received.
Franklin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Duerst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "James M Snell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Franklin Tse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "atom-syntax" <atom-syntax@imc.org>; "atom-protocol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 15:29 Subject: Re: Atom Bidi Draft Update - Informal Last Call > At 02:25 07/03/23, James M Snell wrote: >> >>It is not year clear if there has been enough independent implementation >>of the specification to justify publishing it as a proposed standard. > > There is no need for implementations when going to Proposed Standard > (of course, they never hurt). There is a well-defined need when going > from Proposed Standard to Draft Standard, but that's way in the future. > > Regards, Martin. > > > #-#-# Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University > #-#-# http://www.sw.it.aoyama.ac.jp mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
