- From: Jim Whitehead <ejw@ics.uci.edu>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:34:48 -0800
- To: WebDAV WG <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
*** WORKING GROUP LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS *** WEBDAV REDIRECT REFERENCE RESOURCES SPECIFICATION <draft-ietf-webdav-redirectref-protocol-02> http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/webdav/collection/draft-ietf-webdav-redirect ref-protocol-02.txt This is the final call for comments from the working group on the WebDAV Redirect Reference Resources protocol specification, draft-ietf-webdav-binding-protocol-02. This last call period begins immediately, and ends February 22, 2000, at midnight, US Pacific time. This allows 4 weeks for review of this specification. At the end of the last call period, a new draft will be issued that resolves comments raised during the last call period. Depending on the scope of changes, there will follow either an immediate call for rough consensus (very few changes), or a second last call period (significant changes). Once the document represents the rough consensus of the working group, I will submit this document to the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) for their approval. IESG review involves a (minimum) two week public last call for comments review period. This IESG-initiated last call period is in addition to the working group last call period. This document is intended to be a "Proposed Standard". Quoting from RFC 2026, "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3": The entry-level maturity for the standards track is "Proposed Standard". A specific action by the IESG is required to move a specification onto the standards track at the "Proposed Standard" level. A Proposed Standard specification is generally stable, has resolved known design choices, is believed to be well-understood, has received significant community review, and appears to enjoy enough community interest to be considered valuable. However, further experience might result in a change or even retraction of the specification before it advances. Usually, neither implementation nor operational experience is required for the designation of a specification as a Proposed Standard. However, such experience is highly desirable, and will usually represent a strong argument in favor of a Proposed Standard designation. Many details on the procedures used to develop an IETF standard can be found in RFC 2026, available at: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2026.txt If there are any procedural questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me, or raise an issue on the list. Notes: 1) This specification is one of three that have been developed in tandem, the other two being the WebDAV Bindings Protocol, <draft-ietf-webdav-binding-protocol-02>, which just finished a working group last call for comments period on January 24, and the Ordered Collections Protocol, draft-ietf-webdav-ordering-protocol-02. The Ordered Collections Protocol will begin a working group last call for comments period immediately following the end of this last call period, on February 23, 2000. If you wish, you may submit comments on the Ordered Collections protocol and the Redirect References protocol together during the present last call period. 2) If you've been waiting for a "stable" version of the specification before performing a review, wait no longer. This is it. Assuming the specification receives only positive feedback, or mostly minor comments, it will be submitted to the IESG for approval with no further WG last call periods. You should treat this as your last opportunity to provide feedback on the specification. Review the specification NOW. - Jim Whitehead Chair, IETF WEBDAV Working Group
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