Re: British or American spelling in IETF docs

It is worth noting that the "consistent British or American" takes non-trivial RPC resources during RFC editing and if instead it were simply American spelling as the standard (I speak as someone who uses British spelling) then that would reduce the workload of the RPC, though it might require a policy change. 

If such things matter to you then I encourage you to read and respond to the current consultation on an SLA for the RPC that includes questions on what work the RPC could stop doing in order to speed up its processing:

> The RFC Production Center (RPC) has had a Service Level Agreement (SLA) for document production for many years.  However, the RPC has not met this SLA for some years and an analysis shows that this is primarily due to a significant increase in the work expected of the RPC.  Furthermore, the old SLA excluded some key measures as the measurement in place until recently had significant gaps.  Given this, the current SLA is no longer fit for purpose and needs replacing.
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> A consultation document has been published that provides an explanation of the old SLA, data of performance since its inception in 2016, an analysis of the issue and a proposed way forward.  This is then followed by a series of questions for community feedback:
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> https://www.ietf.org/media/documents/Consultation_on_a_Service_Level_Agreement_SLA_for_RFC_Editing_and_Publication.pdf
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> Please send your feedback to the IETF Executive Director at [email protected] by 6 September 2026.  If you wish to discuss any of this on a public list then please use the [email protected] list.

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Jay Daley
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