On 4/22/15 9:08 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > To some extent this thread has been ducking the question that lies behind it. > What is an author, in the IETF context? There's no short answer, so here's > a draft of a long answer. If people think it's useful, I can author an > I-D about it... I've been working on an RSE statement to provide some guidance here. I would rather not see room for diverging direction from the different document streams, and an IETF-specific definition would likely take us in that direction. (I know you know about the draft statement, Brian, but I thought giving others a heads' up given the topic seemed like a good idea.) -Heather