Internet DRAFT - draft-hoffman-tao-as-web-page
draft-hoffman-tao-as-web-page
Network Working Group P. Hoffman, Ed.
Internet-Draft VPN Consortium
Obsoletes: 4677 (if approved) July 19, 2012
Intended status: Informational
Expires: January 20, 2013
Publishing the "Tao of the IETF" as a Web Page
draft-hoffman-tao-as-web-page-04
Abstract
This document describes how the "Tao of the IETF", which was
published as a series of RFCs in the past, is instead being published
as a web page. It also contains the procedure for publishing and
editing that web page.
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1. Introduction
The "Tao of the IETF" ("Tao") describes the inner workings of IETF
meetings and Working Groups, discusses organizations related to the
IETF, and introduces the standards process. It is not a formal IETF
process document but instead an informational overview. The Tao has
traditionally been published as an RFC. It has been RFCs 1391, 1539,
1718, 3160; it is currently [RFC4677].
At the time this document is published, there is a strong desire in
the IETF community to turn the Tao into a web page that can be edited
more easily than an RFC. This document describes how that happens.
At the same time, this document formally obsoletes the last version
of the Tao that was published as an RFC because that last version,
RFC 4677, is no longer be considered the "latest" version of the Tao:
the new web page is.
This document contains the procedure agreed to by the IESG. The Tao
has traditionally been an IETF consensus document, which means that
the IESG has had the final say about what the Tao contained before it
was sent to the RFC Editor. Thus, the IESG should have final say for
what the Tao says when it is a web page.
2. Procedure for Publishing and Editing the Tao
The Tao is published at <http://www.ietf.org/tao.html> and
<https://www.ietf.org/tao.html>. The initial content for the Tao web
page is based on the last Internet-Draft that was meant to replace
RFC 4677.
The Tao is edited by one or more people as designated by the IESG.
Suggestions for changes to the Tao are discussed on the
tao-discuss@ietf.org mailing list.
The editor of the Tao decides which proposed changes should be
submitted to the IESG for approval. The editor publishes the
proposed changes in a version at
<http://www.ietf.org/tao-possible-revision.html>. The IESG may
accept as many of the proposed changes as it wishes. The IESG then
submits the changed version to the IETF Secretariat for publication
on the IETF web page at the URLs given above. The Tao editor and the
IESG should confirm that the page that actually appears on the web
site is as intended.
Each version of the Tao has a visible timestamp near the beginning of
the document. All published versions are archived using URLs of the
form <http://www.ietf.org/tao-archive/tao-YYYYMMDD.html>, and a list
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of the revisions is available at <http://www.ietf.org/tao-archive/>.
From time to time, translations of versions of the Tao are made into
other languages. These translations do not represent IETF consensus
and may be provided on an "as is" basis. The issues of how
translations are recorded, made available, cross-referenced to
versions of the Tao, and archived are outside the scope of this
document and for future study.
3. Proposals for How The Tao Web Page Should Be Developed
During the discussion that led to this document, there were many
proposals for how the Tao as a web page should be published and
edited. Some wanted just a web page; some wanted a web page and
periodic snapshots as RFCs; some wanted a wiki that could be easily
edited by anyone in the IETF community, with a master editor who
would revert bad edits; some wanted a wiki with a more limited group
of contributors. The procedure in Section 2 above was the rough
consensus of the discussion.
4. IANA Considerations
None.
5. Security Considerations
The Tao is available over TLS at <https://www.ietf.org/tao.html>.
6. Informative References
[RFC4677] Hoffman, P. and S. Harris, "The Tao of IETF - A Novice's
Guide to the Internet Engineering Task Force", RFC 4677,
September 2006.
Author's Address
Paul Hoffman (editor)
VPN Consortium
Email: paul.hoffman@vpnc.org
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