Sorry, I missed this mail in the thread so ignore my previous request for statistics.
>From discussions within the organizations Allison cited (3GPP, 3GPP2, OMA), >there is a building reluctance to take work into IETF because of a feeling >that it will take too long even when the id is very simple. In many cases >there is little problem getting technical agreement and stability, but the >publication delay is long. We can't really ask IETF to expedite every one of >our dependency documents and most of them are normative references which are >needed to meet our deadlines. Regards, Stephen > -----Original Message----- > From: Allison Mankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:47 PM > To: Paul Hoffman > Cc: Stephen Hayes (TX/EUS); [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Techspec] New requirement for early permanent ID > allocation > > > Paul, > > > Given the complexity you describe, and the rareness of the need, > > might it not be better to change the requirement to "quick > > highest-priority publication"? The permanent identifier comes with > > that for free, of course. As long as this only comes up a > few times a > > year (and I think that is more than has been seen to date) > > It's more than a few times a year. There were 14 documents processed > for Expedited Publication in December through February (so far) - > The total RFCs published in this time (my count, may not be perfect) > was about 130, so the Expedited documents were about 10%. > > Expedited documents entail significant extra effort by the RFC Editor > and the authors, AD, and WG Chair shepherds, as well as affecting > the queue. > > Want more? > > Some SDOs which use our work a lot, 3GPP, OMA, 3GPP2, have sites with > lists of the drafts and when these drafts need to be citable because > the SDO's work gets finished. IETF folks and folks from the SDO > hold discussions to adjust the expectations in both directions, but > these lists have over 50 documents and dates. > > "Quick highest priority publication" is what we're doing now, but > it's pretty painful. > > Allison > > > _______________________________________________ Techspec mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/techspec
