At Thu, 24 Jun 2004 07:50:44 -0700, David Meyer wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 03:10:29PM +0900, Masataka Ohta wrote: > >> ... > >> However, are there any possibility that the ID become an RFC? > >> > >> I think it does not have to be. > > Seems to me that we should publish it as informational to > capture the work that has been done. In any event, we > should adhere to the publication standards.
Disclaimer: our area directors asked the WG to take this approach as a way of wrapping up our work on this topic, and they can of course speak for themselves. The following is just my opinion based on my understanding of their thinking. I'm pretty sure that a large part of the point of the exercise is to publish the document in permanent form. We were not able to reach consensus on a way forward, so we're trying to write down what we've learned about each of the several options during the course of years of nonterminating discussion, as fairly as possible given that we don't have consensus on the right approach. A well-written document of this type serves at least two purposes: a) It's a briefing document for anybody (eg, the IESG) who might need to make informed decisions in this space at some time in the future. b) It offers a relatively constructive way of breaking out of the endless discussion loop, by providing a relatively objective criterion by which we (or somebody) can determine whether a new discussion on this topic is genuinely new or is just the same old nonterminating discussion yet again. In the latter case, a good document will at least allow us (or somebody) to cut to the chase and ask whether anything has changed since the last time around, rather than having to reevolve the whole line of argument, bring a new group of participants up to speed, and so forth. One way of looking at this is that, when an argument can't be resolved and the participants need to resign themselves to agreeing to disagree, it is sometimes useful to spell out in some detail precisely what it is on which they have agreed to disagree. :) . dnsop resources:_____________________________________________________ web user interface: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~llynch/dnsop.html mhonarc archive: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~llynch/dnsop/index.html
