Re: Update on WEIRD WG Meeting at IETF 46

Greetings!
I would be interested in taking a stab at some of these things-should I
just dive in or is something else needed?

Bernie Monette
InterActive Arts
Internet Presence Management
http://www.iaai.ca mailto:[email protected] (416) 523-4972

Burke Chris-CCB007 wrote:
> 
> The official meeting minutes will be out in a few days, meanwhile here's a
> quick update on some content-creation procedures we discussed in Washington,
> DC.  About 12 people attended the WG meeting.
> 
> We discussed creating a set of templates for the different kinds of content
> to go on the WEIRD web site. We need templates for at least these kinds of
> content:
> - Area Director's Plan / News
> - Hot Topics (separate templates for initial data collection and for
> updates)
> - IETF Participant Needs Questionnaire (ask what info would have made people
> better-informed participants)
> - Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions
> 
> I presented a strawman template for an Area Director's Plan / News, and we
> revised it a bit in the meeting. So far it looks like this:
> - BOFs happening this IETF in this Area, and what if any 'big picture'
> they're part of
> - AD's general architectural vision for the area
> - AD's view of relationships of work in the area to work of other WGs in
> same or other areas
> - Update on changes in area procedures that might be good for IETF attendees
> or press to know about
> 
> During the working group meeting we developed a strawman template for Hot
> Topics information. So far it looks like this:
> - What is it (30 words or less)
> - Which working groups in IETF address this, what are their perspectives
> - How are the activities on this topic in different working groups related /
> interdependent
> - What are the current status, time scales, expected short-term
> developments.
> - Date on all information (aging)
> - Extended comments if any
> - What else is important that's not on the template
> - Who is implementing it (????)
> - Who are you?
> -> Identification / credit
> -> Credentials?
> -> Disclaimer / individuality vs institutional opinion
> - Links
> -> mailing lists
> -> additional information (URLs) to WGs -> chairs, ADs
> -> repository identified
> -> n.b. don't want press directed to WG mailing lists
> -> Related work going on, outside the IETF
> -> If you read nothing else, read this...
> 
> The idea is to find knowledgeable people to make an initial write-up on a
> topic, answering the questions in the template. There was some discussion on
> what happens next, but general agreement that we need to document the policy
> / process for taking the initial write-up and turning it into a web page, so
> that everyone understands it.
> 
> We didn't come up with a process, but did make a list of process issues. The
> list of process issues looks like this right now:
> - Policy
> -> Solicited vs unsolicited information
> --->> Who has the "authority" to fill out templates?
> --->> Identification of experts
> -> "Letters to the Editor"
> - Editorial function (if any)
> - Aging (of information)
> - Archival procedures / metadata / searchability
> - Implementation / deployment
> - Data collection methodology
> -> Newsgroups, e-mail lists, forms, explicit solicitation, etc.
> - Openness
> - Commitment (timely completion, ongoing maintenance, etc)
> 
> If you want to take a stab at improving the templates, or defining a
> content-creation process, or have other thoughts on the work done at IETF
> 46, please write the list!
> 
> Reminder: the following people volunteered a few weeks back to help create
> content for the WEIRD web pages: Erica Zeinfeld, Robert Patzer, Robert
> Ferrell, Robert Stephens, Katherine Bosovich, Tag Carpenter, Chris Burke.
> The volunteers, at least, should have some thoughts on what the templates
> and process should be!
> 
> Another Reminder: The Hot Topics identified so far include IPv6, IP
> telephony, QoS, Security, and Multicast.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris Burke