Proposed Standard is one (the first) of the Standards Track Maturity Levels. See Section 4.1 in RFC 2026. Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Rohit Gupta [mailto:rohitgupta416@yahoo.com] > Sent: 28 July, 2003 11:02 AM > To: ietf@ietf.org > Subject: doubt > > > Hi, > > What is the procedure to convert a document from > "standards track" to "proposed standard"? > > As i understand, it goes something like this. > > IETF after a lot of discussions comes up with a > protoocol which it thinks can solve the problem > plauging this world (ISPs). After everyone is > convinced we come out with a "standards track" doc. > ALl vendors are supposed to comply/conform with it. > > The implementations start rolling out. > > Over a period of time, people learn more about this > new protocol, gain more experience and then they come > out with another RFC which explains this new protocol > and they call it the "proposed standard" > > Is my understanding of the procedure correct? And > generally how long (in years approx) does it take for > a specificiation to mature from a "standards track" to > a proposed standard. > > Cheers, > Rohit > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > >