In article <E8A28A69-D7F0-4555-9A18-3F1B478BDD8C@xxxxxxxxx> you write: >If it is just for IETF purposes it could be added to the downref list without being reclassified. I have to agree with John K. Pick any definition of standard you want, stable, interoperable, multiple implementations, whatever, and RFC 20 certainly fits as well as anything else we call a standard. Just mark it as a standard and be done with it. Because that's what it is. R's, John PS: Thought experiment: Let's say we made RFC 20 a full standard. What Bad Things will happen?