We often replace a Proposed Standard with an updated document that remains at the Proposed Standard maturity level. There does not seem to be confusion when this happens. Russ On 6/20/2010 8:01 AM, Alessandro Vesely wrote: >> "In several situations, a Standard is obsoleted by a Proposed Standard" >> >> A Standard is not obsoleted by a Proposed Standard. A RFC with a status >> of Internet Standard can be obsoleted by a RFC at Proposed Standard. > > In some cases, it should be possible to replace an RFC with a reviewed > version, at the same maturity level. For example, the attention that > successive SMTP documents have to pay to source routing decreases over > time. There is no reason why a new RFC aimed at reviewing a mature spec > would need to reduce its maturity level, if it accomplishes the current > requirements for third level. I hope this point will be made clearer. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf