They are posted if they follow the guidelines, in particular the mandatory text about intellectual property etc. See http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-guidelines.html Posting an I-D implies nothing about its status. It simply means it is on line for 6 months. A working group may decide to adopt a draft as a WG draft, and I suppose that could be called "acceptance" but it does not imply approval. Only a draft that has followed the full process (RFC 2026) can be approved by the IESG. I suggest reading the Tao at http://www.ietf.org/tao.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brian E Carpenter IETF Chair Distinguished Engineer, Internet Standards & Technology, IBM zhen@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello folks, Just a quick question about the "acceptance" of Internet-Drafts. Is there such a term called "acceptance" about Internet-drafts or they will be anounced anyway as long as being proposed? As I figured that it's like everyone talks about his/her opinions freely in the form of I-D. An I-D is certainly not equal to "a journal paper". Looking forward to being clarified. Zhen _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
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