Dear all, Sorry if you receive multiple copies of this! I sent it to all the lists with potentially interested folks... (this should be okay to do according to RFC5434, which says "various mailing lists"). A community of interest is being formed to gauge whether there is sufficient interest to host a BOF at the London IETF, on the topic of "Transport Services". The intention is to create a WG that would define the set of services that transport protocols offer to applications, such that applications could at some point in the future request a service, not a protocol. This could foster innovation (protocols could be tried out, with a fall-back, without requiring the application programmer to include such functionality); it could also give more freedom to whatever resides below the API to automatically make the best out of what it currently has available. If you're interested in this problem space, please visit the related webpage that I have set up: There you'll find an initial stab at a charter and all information about the mailing list - please join us and participate in discussions! Thanks! Cheers, Michael |