Re: Web Payments Telecon Minutes for 2012-01-13

4.1.3 Internet Standard A specification *for which significant
implementation and successful operational experience has been obtained* may
be elevated to the Internet Standard level. An Internet Standard (which may
simply be referred to as a Standard) is characterized by a high degree of
technical maturity and by a generally held belief that the specified
protocol or service provides significant benefit to the Internet
community.<http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2026#section-4.1.3>

I was talking about standards-track RFCs, not any other track with a lower
bar.

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:
> Pelle Braendgaard:  OpenTransact federated extension should be
>   done once people are doing it, as David has pointed out.
> David Nicol:  It's not just me, it's an IETF ground rule.
> Pelle Braendgaard:  Yup.
> Manu Sporny:  No, it isn't. It is not an IETF ground rule. W3C
>   doesn't operate like that, I don't think IETF does either.