The IESG has approved the following document: - 'The WebSocket Protocol as a Transport for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)' (draft-ietf-sipcore-sip-websocket-10.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Session Initiation Protocol Core Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Richard Barnes and Gonzalo Camarillo. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sipcore-sip-websocket/ Technical Summary The WebSocket protocol enables two-way realtime communication between clients and servers. This document specifies a new WebSocket sub- protocol as a reliable transport mechanism between SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) entities to enable usage of SIP in new scenarios. Working Group Summary The introduction, adoption, and last call of this document went unusually smoothly and quickly. It has been amazingly uncontroversial. Document Quality Are there existing implementations of the protocol? Yes. At least two. Have a significant number of vendors indicated their plan to implement the specification? At least two. There is a difference of opinion in the community regarding the desirability of implementing SIP in a browser. That portion of the community that is interested seems to be planning to go ahead. It is entirely fine that some want to do this and some do not. It simply reflects different philosophies for construction of web-based services. Are there any reviewers that merit special mention as having done a thorough review, e.g., one that resulted in important changes or a conclusion that the document had no substantive issues? No. If there was a MIB Doctor, Media Type or other expert review, what was its course (briefly)? In the case of a Media Type review, on what date was the request posted? There is nothing in this document that calls for an expert review. Personnel Who is the Document Shepherd? Paul Kyzivat Who is the Responsible Area Director? Richard Barnes
