The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider
the following document:
- 'Updating when Standards Track Documents may Refer Normatively to
Documents at a Lower Level'
<draft-leiba-3967upd-downref-00.txt> as Best Current Practice
The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2016-11-15. Exceptionally, comments may be
sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the
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Abstract
RFC 3967 specifies a process for allowing normative references to
documents at lower maturity levels ("downrefs"), which involves
calling out the downref explicitly in the last call notice. That
requirement has proven to be unnecessarily strict, and this document
updates RFC 3967, allowing the IESG more flexibility in accepting
downrefs in Standards Track documents.
The file can be obtained via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-leiba-3967upd-downref/
IESG discussion can be tracked via
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-leiba-3967upd-downref/ballot/
No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
