Fwd: Call for interop proposals

Kurt Zeilenga <[email protected]> Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:03:34 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.ldapext,gmane.ietf.ldapbis
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Anyone interest in proposing some LDAP interop testing?
     -- Kurt

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Lisa Dusseault <[email protected]>
> Date: January 9, 2008 5:13:17 PM PST
> To: Apps Discuss <[email protected]>
> Cc: Lisa Dusseault's Chairs <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> Subject: Call for interop proposals
> List-Id: general discussion of application-layer protocols  
> <discuss.apps.ietf.org>
>
>
> At the Apps area open meeting in Vancouver, Chris & I mentioned the  
> possibility of doing a day of interoperability events at the next  
> IETF meeting.  This would replace a day of Apps area meetings during  
> the normal meeting hours and in the normal meeting location.   
> Ideally it would allow people to come to the IETF for more than just  
> "their" meeting (although we have always hoped they can attend other  
> WG meetings as well) and participants may get more benefit and  
> better justification for attending.
>
> If we're going to do this, we need proposals: what topic  ( IDs,  
> RFCs, suites or functionality) will be tested.  I don't think  
> interops will need a lot of management but volunteer coordinators  
> would be ideal.  Proposals will need to be followed quickly by some  
> indications of who will participate.  WG scheduling is already open  
> and we need to tell the Secretariat immediately if they need to  
> reserve a day for interops.
>
> Proposals should probably be posted on some relevant subject mailing  
> list to quickly generate discussion among potential participants --  
> not everybody reads Apps Discuss.
>
> Thanks,
> Lisa
>
>