>> This is a significant improvement from my perspective. We need a >> mechanism to implement it. The mechanism does not need to be heavy >> weight, and it might be as simple as some statements in a Last Call, >> allowing the community to support or challenge them. > > > If I understand both your statement here and your comment in the hallway > discussion, I suspect that the requirement would be satisfied by having > various > folk submit a form with some standard language on it, making an > attestation > along the lines of the language I submitted. > > Said more plainly: Some people would need to claim that the developed or > know > of an independent implementation that conforms to the spec and works with > other > specs. > > Forgetting about the task of agreeing on the exact language, would this > suffice? > > I guess the Last Call message would include something like: > > The following individuals and/or organization > have stated that [...]: > > > Yes? I think it would be sufficient to say something like: The following implementations represent a significant Internet deployment and they are based on the specification in RFC <n>: - <a> - <b> - <c> - ... _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf