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Network Working Group
Internet Architecture Board (IAB) J. Halpern, Ed.
Internet-Draft
Obsoletes: 5741 (if approved)
Request for Comments: 7841 L. Daigle, Ed.
Intended status: Informational
Expires: August 5, 2016
Obsoletes: 5741 O. Kolkman, Ed.
Internet Society
Internet Architecture Board
(IAB)
February 2,
Category: Informational April 2016

On
ISSN: 2070-1721

RFC Streams, Headers, and Boilerplates
draft-iab-rfc5741bis-02

Abstract

RFC documents contain a number of fixed elements such as the title
page header, standard boilerplates boilerplates, and copyright/IPR statements.
This document describes them and introduces some updates to reflect
current usage and requirements of RFC publication. In particular,
this updated structure is intended to communicate clearly the source
of RFC creation and review. This document obsoletes RFC 5741, moving
detailed content to an IAB web page and preparing for more flexible
output formats.

Status of This Memo

This Internet-Draft document is submitted in full conformance with the
provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79.

Internet-Drafts are working documents not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.

This document is a product of the Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF). Note Architecture Board (IAB)
and represents information that other groups may also distribute
working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list the IAB has deemed valuable to
provide for permanent record. It represents the consensus of current Internet-
Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/.

Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid the
Internet Architecture Board (IAB). Documents approved for
publication by the IAB are not a maximum candidate for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.

Information about the current status of six months this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents obtained at any
time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference
material or to cite them other than as "work in progress."

This Internet-Draft will expire on August 5, 2016.
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7841.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. RFC Streams and Internet Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. RFC Structural Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
3.1. The title page header Title Page Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. The Status of this This Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.3. Paragraph 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5
3.4. Paragraph 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5
3.5. Paragraph 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.6. Noteworthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Additional Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Other structural information Structural Information in RFCs . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6
6. Security considerations Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7. IANA considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8. RFC Editor Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9.
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9.1. 7
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9.2. 7
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7
Appendix A. IAB members at time of approval Initial Formatting Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Appendix B. Acknowledgements
A.1. RFC Title Page Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Appendix C. Initial Formating Details
A.2. Constructing a "Status of This Memo" Section . . . . . . 10
A.2.1. First Paragraph . . . . . . . 10
C.1. RFC Title Page Header . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
A.2.2. Second Paragraph . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
C.2. Constructing a "Status of this Memo" Section . . . . . . 11
C.2.1. First
A.2.3. Third Paragraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
C.2.2. Second Paragraph 13
IAB Members at Time of Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Acknowledgements . . . . . 12
C.2.3. Third Paragraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14

1. Introduction

Previously

Previously, RFCs (e.g. (e.g., [RFC4844]) contained a number of elements
that were there for historical, practical, and legal reasons. They
also contained boilerplate material to clearly indicate the status of
the document and possibly contained "Notes" to indicate how the
document interacts with IETF Standards-Track documents.

As the RFC Series has evolved over the years, there has been
increasing concern over appropriate labelling labeling of the publications to
make clear the status of each RFC and the status of the work it
describes. Chiefly, there is a requirement that RFCs published as
part of the IETF's review process not be easily confused with RFCs
that may have had a very different review and approval process.
Various adjustments have been made over the years, including evolving
text of "Notes" included in the published RFC.

With the definition of the different RFC streams [RFC4844], it is
appropriate to formalize the definition of the various pieces of
standard RFC boilerplate and introduce some adjustments to ensure
better clarity of expression of document status, aligned with the
review and approval processes defined for each stream.

This memo identifies and describes the common elements of RFC
boilerplate structure. It describes the content required for each
kind of information. Details of the exact textual and layout
requirements are left to a web page maintained by the IAB, with due
consultation with the community, for ease of maintenance. This
document obsoletes [RFC5741].

The changes introduced by this memo should be implemented as soon as
practically possible after the document has been approved for
publication.

2. RFC Streams and Internet Standards

Users of RFCs should be aware that while all Internet Standards-
related documents are published as RFCs, not all RFCs are Internet
Standards-related documents.

The IETF is responsible for maintaining the Internet Standards
Process, which includes the requirements for developing, reviewing reviewing,
and approving Standards Track and BCP RFCs. These, and any other
standards-related documents (Informational or Experimental) are
reviewed by appropriate The IETF bodies also produces
non-Standards-Track documents (Informational, Experimental, and
Historic). All documents published as part of the IETF
Stream. Stream are
reviewed by the appropriate IETF bodies.

Documents published in streams other than the IETF Stream stream are not
generally reviewed by the IETF for such things as security,
congestion control, or inappropriate interaction with deployed
protocols. They have also not been subject to approval by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG), including an IETF-wide
last call. Therefore, the IETF disclaims, for any of the non-IETF
Stream
stream documents, any knowledge of the fitness of those RFCs for any
purpose.

Refer to [RFC2026], [RFC5742], [RFC4844], [RFC6410], and [RFC7127]
and their successors for current details of the IETF process and RFC
streams.

3. RFC Structural Elements

This section describes the elements that are commonly found in RFCs
published today. This document specifies information that is
required in these publications. Exact specification of the textual
values required therein are provided by an IAB web page

(URL to be provided during AUTH48).
(https://www.iab.org/documents/headers-boilerplate).

As noted above, this web page is maintained by the IAB with due
consultation with the community. Following such consultation, if the
IAB decides to make any changes to this material, the changes will be
announced in a similar fashion to other IAB statements. Initial
proposed The initial
text to be used in that web page is included in Appendix C. A.

3.1. The title page header Title Page Header

The information at the front of the RFC includes the name and
affiliation of the authors as well as the RFC publication month and
year.

There is a set of additional information that is needed at the front
of the RFC. Historically, this has been presented with the
information below in a left hand column, and the author related author-related
information described above in the right.

<document source> This describes the area where the work originates.
Historically, all RFCs were labeled Network Working Group. "Network Working Group" Group".
Network Working Group refers to the original version of today's
IETF when people from the original set of ARPANET sites and
whomever else was interested -- the meetings were open -- got
together to discuss, design design, and document proposed protocols
[RFC0003].
[RFC3]. Here, we obsolete the term "Network Working Group" in
order to indicate the originating stream.

The <document source> is the name of the RFC stream, as defined in
[RFC4844] and its successors. At the time of this publication,
the streams, and therefore the possible entries are:

* Internet Engineering Task Force
* Internet Architecture Board
* Internet Research Task Force
* Independent Submission

Request for Comments: <RFC number> This indicates the RFC number,
assigned by the RFC Editor upon publication of the document. This
element is unchanged.

<subseries ID> <subseries number> Some document categories are also
labeled as a subseries of RFCs. These elements appear as
appropriate for such categories, indicating the subseries and the
documents number within that series. Currently, there are
subseries for BCPs [RFC2026] and STDs [RFC1311]. These subseries
numbers may appear in several RFCs. For example, when a new RFC
obsoletes or updates an old one, the same subseries number is
used. Also, several RFCs may be assigned the same subseries
number: a single STD, for example, may be composed of several
RFCs, each of which will bear the same STD number. This element
is unchanged.

[<RFC relation>:<RFC number[s]>] Some relations between RFCs in the
series are explicitly noted in the RFC header. For example, a new
RFC may update one or more earlier RFCs. Currently two
relationships are defined: "Updates", "Updates" and "Obsoletes" [RFC7322].
Variants like "Obsoleted by" are also used (e.g (e.g, in [RFC5143]).
Other types of relationships may be defined by the RFC Editor and
may appear in future RFCs.

Category: <category> This indicates the initial RFC document
category of the publication. These are defined in [RFC2026].
Currently, this is always one of: Standards Track, Best Current
Practice, Experimental, Informational, or Historic. This element
is unchanged.

3.2. The Status of this This Memo

The "Status of This Memo" describes the category of the RFC,
including the distribution statement.

The "Status of This Memo" will start with a single sentence
describing the status. It will also include a statement describing
the stream-specific review of the material (which is stream- stream
dependent). This is an important component of status, insofar as it
clarifies the breadth and depth of review, and gives the reader an
understanding of how to consider its content.

3.3. Paragraph 1

The first paragraph of the Status "Status of this Memo This Memo" section contains a
single sentence, clearly standing out. The sentence will clearly
identify the stream-specific status of the document. The text to be
used is defined by the stream, with a review for clarity by the IAB
and RFC Series Editor review
for clarity. Editor.

3.4. Paragraph 2

The second paragraph of the "Status of This Memo" will include a
paragraph describing the type of review and exposure the document has
received. This is defined on a per-stream basis, subject to general
review and oversight by the RFC Editor and IAB. The IAB defines a
specific structure defined to ensure there is clarity about review
processes and document types.

3.5. Paragraph 3

The boilerplate ends with a reference to where further relevant
information can be found. This information may include, subject to
the RFC Editor's discretion, information about whether the RFC has
been updated or obsoleted, the RFC's origin, a listing of possible
errata, information about how to provide feedback and suggestion, and
information on how to submit errata as described in
[I-D.rfc-editor-errata-process]. [ERRATA]. The
exact wording and URL is subject to change (at the RFC Editor's
discretion), but the current text is:

"Information

Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-
editor.org/<static-path>/rfc<rfc-no>.html"
http://www.rfc-editor.org/<static-path>/rfc<rfc-no>.

3.6. Noteworthy

Note that the texts text in paragraph 1 and 2 of the boilerplate indicate
the initial status of a document. During their lifetime lifetime, documents
can change status to e.g. to, for example, Historic. This cannot be
reflected in the document itself and will need be reflected in the
information refered referred to in Section 5.

4. Additional Notes

Exceptionally, a review and publication process may prescribe
additional notes that will appear as labelled labeled notes after the "Status
of
"Abstract".

This Memo".

While this has been is no longer a common feature of recent RFCs, it RFCs. It is the goal of
this document to make continue to ensure that the overall RFC structure is
adequately clear
to remove the need for so that such notes, notes are unnecessary or at least make their usage (at least)
truly exceptional.

5. Other structural information Structural Information in RFCs

RFCs contain other structural informational elements. The RFC Editor
is responsible for the positioning and layout of these structural
elements. Note also that new elements may be introduced or obsoleted
using a process consistent with [RFC4844]. These additions may or
may not require documentation in an RFC.

Currently

Currently, the following structural information is available or is
being considered for inclusion in RFCs:

Copyright Notice Notice: A copyright notice with a reference to BCP78 BCP 78
[BCP78] and an Intellectual Property statement referring to BCP78 BCP 78
and BCP79 BCP 79 [BCP79]. The content of these statements are defined
by those BCPs.

ISSN

ISSN: The International Standard Serial Number [ISO.3297.2007]:
ISSN 2070-1721. The ISSN uniquely identifies the RFC series as
title regardless of language or country in which it is published.
The ISSN itself has no significance other than the unique
identification of a serial publication.

6. Security considerations Considerations

This document tries to clarify the descriptions of the status of an
RFC. Misunderstanding the status of a memo could cause
interoperability problems, hence security and stability problems.

7. IANA considerations

None.

8. RFC Editor Considerations

The RFC Editor is responsible for maintaining the consistency of the
RFC series. To that end end, the RFC Editor maintains a style manual an "RFC Style
Guide" [RFC7322]. In this memo memo, we mention a few explicit structural
elements that the RFC editor Editor needs to maintain. The conventions for
the content and use of all current and future elements are to be documented
in the style manual. guide.

Adding a reference to the stream in the header of RFCs is only one
method for clarifying from which stream an RFC originated. The RFC
editor
Editor is encouraged to add such indication in e.g. in, for example, indices
and interfaces.

[The rest of this section contains specific instructions towards
editing this document and can be removed before publication]

This section of the document needs to be removed before publication.

This memo introduces a number of modifications that will have to be
implemented in various tools, such as the xml2rfc tool, the nit
tracker and the rfc-erratum portal.

The number "XXXX" is to be replaced with RFC number of this memo.

In section Section 5: For the final publication, it should be
warranted that the ISSN is *not* split by a line break, for clarity.

8. References

9.1.

8.1. Normative References

[RFC2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision
3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, DOI 10.17487/RFC2026, October 1996,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2026>.

[RFC5742] Alvestrand, H. and R. Housley, "IESG Procedures for
Handling of Independent and IRTF Stream Submissions",
BCP 92, RFC 5742, DOI 10.17487/RFC5742, December 2009,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5742>.

9.2.

8.2. Informative References

[ISO.3297.2007]
Technical Committee ISO/TC 46, Information and
documentation, Subcommittee SC 9, Identification and
description., "Information and documentation -
International standard serial number (ISSN)", ISO Standard
3297, 09 2007.

[RFC0003]

[RFC3] Crocker, S., "Documentation conventions", RFC 3,
DOI 10.17487/RFC0003, April 1969,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3>.

[RFC1311] Postel, J., "Introduction to the STD Notes", RFC 1311,
DOI 10.17487/RFC1311, March 1992,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1311>.

[RFC2629] Rose, M., "Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML", RFC 2629,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2629, June 1999,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2629>.

[RFC3979] Bradner, S., Ed., "Intellectual Property Rights in IETF
Technology", BCP 79, RFC 3979, DOI 10.17487/RFC3979, March
2005, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3979>.

[RFC4749] Sollaud, A., "RTP Payload Format for the G.729.1 Audio
Codec", RFC 4749, DOI 10.17487/RFC4749, October 2006,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4749>.

[RFC4844] Daigle, L., Ed. and Internet Architecture Board, "The RFC
Series and RFC Editor", RFC 4844, DOI 10.17487/RFC4844,
July 2007, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4844>.

[RFC5143] Malis, A., Brayley, J., Shirron, J., Martini, L., and S.
Vogelsang, "Synchronous Optical Network/Synchronous
Digital Hierarchy (SONET/SDH) Circuit Emulation Service
over MPLS (CEM) Encapsulation", RFC 5143,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5143, February 2008,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5143>.

[RFC5378] Bradner, S., Ed. and J. Contreras, Ed., "Rights
Contributors Provide to the IETF Trust", BCP 78, RFC 5378,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5378, November 2008,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5378>.

[RFC5741] Daigle, L., Ed., Kolkman, O., Ed., and IAB, "RFC Streams,
Headers, and Boilerplates", RFC 5741,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5741, December 2009,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5741>.

[RFC6410] Housley, R., Crocker, D., and E. Burger, "Reducing the
Standards Track to Two Maturity Levels", BCP 9, RFC 6410,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6410, October 2011,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6410>.

[RFC7127] Kolkman, O., Bradner, S., and S. Turner, "Characterization
of Proposed Standards", BCP 9, RFC 7127,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7127, January 2014,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7127>.

[RFC7322] Flanagan, H. and S. Ginoza, "RFC Style Guide", RFC 7322,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7322, September 2014,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7322>.

[I-D.rfc-editor-errata-process]
Ginoza, S.,

[ERRATA] Hagens, A., Ginoza, S., and R. Braden, "RFC Editor
Proposal for Handling RFC Errata", draft-rfc-editor-
errata-process-02 (work Work in progress), Progress,
draft-rfc-editor-errata-process-02, May 2008.

[BCP78] Bradner, S., Ed. and J. Contreras, Ed., "Rights
Contributors Provide to the IETF Trust", BCP 78, November
2008.

At the moment of publication:[RFC5378]

[BCP79] Bradner, S., Ed. and T. Narten, Ed., "Intellectual
Property Rights in IETF Technology", BCP 79, April 2007.

At the moment of publication:[RFC3979]and[RFC4749]

Appendix A. IAB members at time of approval

The IAB members at the time this memo was approved were (in
alphabetical order):

Appendix B. Acknowledgements

Thanks to Bob Braden, Brian Carpenter, Steve Crocker, Sandy Ginoza,
and John Klensin who provided background information and inspiration.

Thanks and J. Contreras, Ed., "Rights
Contributors Provide to the members IETF Trust", BCP 78, RFC 5378,
November 2008, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp78>.

[BCP79] Bradner, S., Ed., "Intellectual Property Rights in IETF
Technology", BCP 79, RFC 3979, DOI 10.17487/RFC3979, March
2005.

Narten, T., "Clarification of the Third Party Disclosure
Procedure in RFC Series Oversight Committee (RSOC)
for assistance and review: Alexey Melnikov, Nevil Brownlee, Bob
Hinden, Sarah Banks, Robert Sparks, Tony Hansen, and Joe Hildebrand.

Various people have made suggestions that improved the document.
Among them are: Lars Eggert, Alfred Hoenes, and Joe Touch.

This document was produced using the xml2rfc tool [RFC2629]. 3979", BCP 79, RFC 4879,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4879, April 2007.

<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp79>

Appendix C. A. Initial Formating Formatting Details

This section provides suggested starting text for contains the use of text the IAB
in order used to simplify populating initially populate the
web page to be used to maintain the list of required verbiage.

C.1.

A.1. RFC Title Page Header

An RFC title page header can be described as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
<document source> <author name>
Request for Comments: <RFC number> [<author affiliation>]
[<subseries ID> <subseries number>] [more author info as appropriate]
[<RFC relation>:<RFC number[s]>]
Category: <category>
<month year>

------------------------------------------------------------------------

For example, a sample earlier RFC the header is for RFC 6410 appears as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Network Working Group T. Dierks

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) R. Housley
Request for Comments: 4346 Independent
Obsoletes: 2246 E. Rescorla 6410 Vigil Security
BCP: 9 D. Crocker
Updates: 2026 Brandenburg InternetWorking
Category: Standards Track RTFM, Inc.
April 2006 Best Current Practice E. Burger
ISSN: 2070-1721 Georgetown University
October 2011

------------------------------------------------------------------------

C.2.

A.2. Constructing a "Status of this This Memo" Section

The following sections describe mandated text for use in specific
parts of the "Status of this This Memo" portion of an RFC. For
convenience, the RFC Editor maintains example expansions of all
permutations of the paragraphs described in this document (at the
time of publication, at http://www.rfc-editor.org/materials/status-
memos.txt). When in conflict, these following sections are
authoritative.

C.2.1.

A.2.1. First Paragraph

The following are the approved texts for use in the first paragraph
of the "Status of this This Memo" portion of an RFC. See RFCXXXX section
3.3. Section 3.3 of
RFC 7841.

For 'Standards Track' documents: "This is an Internet Standards
Track document."

For 'Best Current Practices' documents: "This memo documents an
Internet Best Current Practice."

For other categories "This document is not an Internet Standards
Track specification; <it is published for other purposes>."

For Informational, Experimental, Historic Historic, and future categories of
RFCs, the RFC editor Editor will maintain an appropriate text for <it is
published for other purposes>. Initial values are:

Informational: "it is published for informational purposes."

Historic: "it is published for the historical record."

Experimental: "it is published for examination, experimental
implementation, and evaluation."

C.2.2.

A.2.2. Second Paragraph

See RFCXXXX section 3.4. Section 3.4 of RFC 7841.

The second paragraph may include some text that is specific to the
initial document category, as follows: when category. When a document is Experimental or Historic
Historic, the second paragraph opens with:

Experimental: "This document defines an Experimental Protocol for
the Internet community."

Historic: "This document defines a Historic Document for the
Internet community."
The text that follows is stream dependent -- these are initial values
and may be updated by stream definition document updates and recorded
by the IAB on the web page.. page.

IETF Stream: "This document is a product of the Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF)."

If there has been an IETF consensus call per IETF process, this
additional text should be added: "It represents the consensus of
the IETF community. It has received public review and has been
approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering
Group (IESG)." If there has not been such a consensus call call, then
this simply reads: "It has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG)."

IAB Stream: "This document is a product of the Internet Architecture
Board (IAB), and represents information that the IAB has deemed
valuable to provide for permanent record."

If the document represents IAB consensus, this additional text
should be added: "It represents the consensus of the Internet
Architecture Board (IAB)."

IRTF Stream: "This document is a product of the Internet Research
Task Force (IRTF). The IRTF publishes the results of Internet-
related research and development activities. These results might
not be suitable for deployment."

In addition addition, a sentence indicating the consensus base within the
IRTF may be added: "This RFC represents the consensus of the
<insert_name> Research Group of the Internet Research Task Force
(IRTF)." or alternatively "This RFC represents the individual
opinion(s) of one or more members of the <insert_name> Research
Group of the Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)".

Independent Submission Stream: "This is a contribution to the RFC
Series, independently of any other RFC stream. The RFC Editor has
chosen to publish this document at its discretion and makes no
statement about its value for implementation or deployment. deployment."

For non-IETF stream documents documents, a reference to Section 2 of this RFC
is added with the following sentence: "Documents approved for
publication by the [stream approver -- currently, one of: "IAB",
"IRSG", or "RFC Editor"] are not a candidate for any level of
Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC XXXX." 7841."
For IETF stream documents documents, a similar reference is added: "Further
information on [BCPs (BCPs or Internet Standards] Standards) is available in Section 2
of RFC XXXX." 7841." for BCP and Standard Track documents; "Not all
documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of
Internet Standards; see Section 2 of RFC XXXX." 7841." for all other
categories.

C.2.3.

A.2.3. Third Paragraph

See RFCXXXX section 3.5. Section 3.5 of RFC 7841.

IAB Members at Time of Approval

The IAB members at the time this memo was approved were (in
alphabetical order):

Jari Arkko
Mary Barnes
Marc Blanchet
Ralph Droms
Ted Hardie
Joe Hildebrand
Russ Housley
Erik Nordmark
Robert Sparks
Andrew Sullivan
Dave Thaler
Brian Trammell
Suzanne Woolf

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Bob Braden, Brian Carpenter, Steve Crocker, Sandy Ginoza,
and John Klensin who provided background information and inspiration.

Thanks to the members of the RFC Series Oversight Committee (RSOC)
for assistance and review: Alexey Melnikov, Nevil Brownlee, Bob
Hinden, Sarah Banks, Robert Sparks, Tony Hansen, and Joe Hildebrand.

Various people have made suggestions that improved the document.
Among them are: Lars Eggert, Alfred Hoenes, and Joe Touch.

Authors' Addresses

Joel M. Halpern (editor)

Email: jmh@joelhalpern.com

Leslie Daigle (editor)

Email: ldaigle@thinkingcat.com

Olaf M. Kolkman (editor)
Internet Society

Email: kolkman@isoc.org

Internet Architecture Board

Email: iab@iab.org