----- Original Message ----- From: "SM" <sm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ietf@xxxxxxxx> Cc: <rfc-interest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:56 PM Subject: The RFC Editor and the Internet Standards Process > Hello, > > A proposal was posted at > http://www.iab.org/documents/resources/RFC-Editor-Model.html about a > new structure for the RFC Editor. I read about the Internet > Standards Process and couldn't find the answer to a question. > > Quoting Section 4.2.3 of RFC 2606: > > "The RFC Editor is expected to exercise his or her judgment > concerning the editorial > suitability of a document for publication with Experimental or > Informational status, and may refuse to publish a document which, in > the expert opinion of the RFC Editor, is unrelated to Internet > activity or falls below the technical and/or editorial standard for > RFCs." This creates a liabilty for the Editor that may not be reasonable. > > Furthermore, > > ".. the IESG and the RFC Editor have agreed that the RFC Editor > will refer to the IESG any document submitted for Experimental or > Informational publication which, in the opinion of the RFC Editor, > may be related to work being done, or expected to be done, within the > IETF community." > > Given that the RFC Editor is explicitly mentioned in RFC 2026, does > RFC 2606 have to be revised to bring it in line with the proposed > structure? > > Regards, > -sm > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.19/1662 - Release Date: 9/9/2008 10:47 AM _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf