The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Characterization of Proposed Standards' (draft-kolkman-proposed-standards-clarified-06.txt) as Best Current Practice This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Jari Arkko. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kolkman-proposed-standards-clarified/ Technical Summary RFC 2026 describes the review performed by the IESG on IETF Proposed Standard RFCs and states the maturity level of those documents. This document clarifies those descriptions and updates RFC 2026 by providing a new characterization Proposed Standards. Working Group Summary This document has been trigged by various experiences outside and inside the IETF about the perception of PS documents. Document Quality The issue behind the document has been extensively discussion on list and at IETF-87; the document has received a number of reviews during its Last Call. Personnel The responsible Area Director and Document Shepherd is Jari Arkko.
