Hi, I support this statement, with the additions suggested by Sam Hartman, John Klensin, and (most importantly) Brian Carpenter. In addition, I would suggest adding clarifying text to the extent that I-Ds will remain to be stored in non publicly accessible form, unless removal is required by a court order. Stephan On 9.3.2012 17:00 , "IETF Chair" <chair@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >The IESG is considering this IESG Statement. Comments from the community >are solicited. > >On behalf of the IESG, >Russ > >--- DRAFT IESG STATEMENT --- > >SUBJECT: Removal of an Internet-Draft from the IETF Web Site > >Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) are working documents of the IETF, its Areas, >and its Working Groups. In addition, other groups, including the IAB >and the IRTF Research Groups, distribute working documents as I-Ds. >I-Ds are stored in two places on the IETF web site. First, current >ones are stored in the I-D directory. Second, current and past ones >are stored in a public I-D archive. > >I-Ds are readily available to a wide audience from the IETF I-D >directory. This availability facilitates informal review, comment, >and revision. > >While entries in the I-D directory are subject to change or removal >at any time, I-Ds generally remain publicly archived to support easy >comparison with previous versions. > >Entries in the I-D directory are removed as part of normal process >when it expires after six months, when it is replaced by a subsequent >I-D, or when it is replaced by the publication of an RFC. In all >of these situations, the I-D remains in the public I-D archive. > >An I-D will only be removed from the public I-D archive in compliance >with a duly authorized court order. If possible, a removed I-D will be >replaced with a tombstone file that describes the reason that the I-D >was removed from the public I-D archive. > >