RE: Proposals for Concluding LDUP

Thanks to those who have posted comments so far on this topic.

In the interest of moving forward and recognizing that this is
a time of year when many of us are spending more time with family
and friends than reading IETF mailing lists, lets keep the
commenting window on this thread open until January 15, 2003.

If you've not done so already, please post your reactions,
comments, etc. on this topic to the list by that date. Then
John and I will try to make some judgment call on consensus.

I make this second request for comments because I know from
speaking with several folks at the last IETF that there are
perspectives which have not been expressed on the list so far.

One thing that seems fairly clear at this point in time though,
is that the work towards standardizing LCUP has sufficient
momentum and value to keep it going regardless of how the
concluding LDUP thread is resolved.

Chris Apple - Principal Architect

DSI Consulting, Inc.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.dsi-consulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Chris Apple
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 3:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Proposals for Concluding LDUP



As mentioned in the proposed WG meeting minutes, there
are currently two proposals on the table for concluding
LDUP:

1) A proposal from the co-chairs. Summarized as follows:

A) Publish LCUP spec as Proposed Standard after successful
   passage of a WG Last Call.

B) Publish remaining WG documents as either Informational
   or Experimental after resolving gross inconsistencies and
   explicitly identifying areas where the WG was unable to
   achieve consensus in those documents.

C) Reference X.500 BAC in the General Usage Profile as well
   as the X.500 Administrative Model (perhaps from the drafts
   by Steven L. and Kurt Z., perhaps directly from the X.500
   Recommendations themselves)

D) Reference X.500 BAC and Administrative Model in other WG
   documents as needed.

E) Documents should enter WG Last Call on or before
   the July 2003 IETF Meeting.

F) Conclude LDUP when last document is published as an RFC.

2) A proposal from Mark Wahl. Summarized as follows:

A) Publish LCUP as a Proposed Standard after successful
   passage of WG Last Call.

B) Conclude LDUP once LCUP spec is published as an RFC.

C) Convert all WG documents to individual I-D contributions
   and allow editors to work out consensus (or not) outside
   of the context of a WG.

I have spoke with a number of folks who have opinions about
the pros and cons of either approach.

Please post your views to the list on the pros and cons of
these approaches and indicate which way you are leaning at
this time.

Also please feel free to post your observations about any
inaccuracies in the summaries of the proposals above.

Chris Apple - Principal Architect

DSI Consulting, Inc.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.dsi-consulting.com