Scott Lawrence wrote: > I think that a different numbering series needs to be created so that > 'RFC' means what most people (incorrectly) think that it means now: that > something is a standard that has passed the IETF review and approval > process. I think this is far too late. Come what may, RFC 1149 (just to take one deliberately extreme example) is forever going to be RFC 1149, it's too late to rename it now. Separating the categories while still using RFC with legacy examples is just not possible. Telling people "you can't still call it an RFC" is not going to work. > Only standards track documents should get an RFC number, and > all others (Informational, Experimental, Historic, and any other > archival documents we invent that are not standards track) should get > numbers in this new series (IAP - Internet Archived Publication ?) > instead. There are a lot of important RFCs that aren't standards track, often more important than some on the standards track. For example (not the best, just one I happen to have to hand) RFC 2309 is the only IETF document I'm aware of that describes RED, but it is Informational, not Standards Track. -- Christopher Dearlove Technology Leader, Communications Group Networks, Security and Information Systems Department BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre West Hanningfield Road, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 8HN, UK Tel: +44 1245 242194 Fax: +44 1245 242124 BAE Systems (Operations) Limited Registered Office: Warwick House, PO Box 87, Farnborough Aerospace Centre, Farnborough, Hants, GU14 6YU, UK Registered in England & Wales No: 1996687 ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf