On 17 May 2026, at 8:07, Timo Gerke wrote:
Following the recent RPC report, it is evident that our current
monolithic process has reached a breaking point. I propose a
fundamental
modernization of the STD and BCP series through unified temporal
versioning, while introducing a modular architecture exclusively for
the
STD series. My core principle is: "A Standard is a Standard." Its
administrative maturity should be a metadata attribute, not a cause
for
namespace fragmentation.
Hi Timo,
While this is a laudable goal (and I would point you to recent
discussions on PROCON as well as looking at the archive of the NEWTRK
discussions of 15-20 years ago at
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/newtrk/ to get some historical
context on the topic), this work is squarely outside of the RSWG
charter. The STD and BCP series are specific IETF document series, not
cross-stream designations. The RSWG has no authority to touch issues
that are within the authority of a single stream like the IETF stream.
While not currently in charter for PROCON, it is much more feasible to
add this kind of work to their charter when they are done with their
current work, or to charter a new IETF WG on this topic, than it is to
try to work on it in RSWG.
Pete, speaking as RSWG co-chair
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