Re: Last Call: <draft-leiba-cotton-iana-5226bis-08.txt> (Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs) to Best Current Practice

[Tony Hansen <tony@xxxxxxx>]

On 10/2/14, 10:29 AM, Eliot Lear wrote:

Hi,

I have several questions and a concern regarding this document:

   This document defines the designated expert mechanism with respect to
   documents in the IETF stream only.  Documents in other streams may
   only use a registration policy that requires a designated expert if
   those streams (or those documents) specify how designated experts are
   appointed and managed.  What is described below, with management by
   the IESG, is only appropriate for the IETF stream.

Can you explain what is meant by this paragraph, and could you provide an example where this document does NOT apply?

What is described after that only applies to the IETF stream and is not applicable to the IRTF stream, the IAB stream, nor the independent stream. That is, only the IETF has decided to use designated experts as a standard practice. The other streams MAY choose to use designated experts as well, but if so, must indicate in some fashion that they are doing so, and the rules for managing those designated experts.

It is conceivable that, during the review of this document, the Stream Editors for those other streams COULD choose to indicate to the authors that the same rules should be applicable in their streams as well.
OR, the Stream Editors for those other streams COULD choose a different mechanism that they would like to be added to this document. If so, then the document could be modified to indicate either of those.

(I don't have comments on the other paragraph.)

    Tony Hansen