IETFers, Do you have ideas for software tools that would make your IETF work easier? Do you have feedback about current IETF automation efforts? As part of the overall effort to improve IETF operations and structure, a Tools team has been chartered to develop requirements for additional and revised electronic tools to aid in the IETF operations. The charter of the Tools team (found at the IETF Tools web site, http://tools.ietf.org/) focuses initially on tools to improve the interface between IETF administration and the broader community; but will also look at tools to aid in the operation of individual working groups and the tasks of standards development. The Tools team is soliciting new tool suggestions and general comments, to be refined into a series of tool specifications. Tool specifications will then be used to implement or adopt software for IETF. The first item on Tools team list is the automation of draft submission to allow for quick and painless validation and posting of Internet-Drafts. The first document describing the new draft submission tool is available at: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-tools-draft-submission-00.txt What should we work on next? Please visit the list of possible future tools and send us additions as well as priority preferences: http://tools.ietf.org/wiki/ToolSuggestions Please send all Tools-related feedback to tools-discuss@xxxxxxxx, a newly formed mailing list; do this also if you add information to the wiki pages. Subscription instructions: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/tools-discuss -------- The members of the tools team are: * Alex Rousskov * Bill Fenner * Larry Masinter * Stanislav Shalunov * Henrik Levkowetz (chair) Schedule: The group will initially focus on additional tools for use in the interface between the IETF administration and the broader IETF community. The first draft of a set of requirements for an Internet-Drafts Submission Tool has been posted, and feedback is welcome. Other administrative tools are expected to be specified over the next six months. We will put together a list and priority schedule within that time frame. The Tools team may also conduct polls within the community for input on priorities, requirements, and feedback on currently deployed tools. After the initial focus on administrative tools, the group will turn its attention to tools of use for aiding working groups, authors and other parts of the IETF community. -------- Regards, Henrik _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf