Leslie wrote:
> "In specific instances, where some or all of document text is 
> the result
>   of a careful negotiation of contributions (within or between working
>   groups, reviewers, etc), the IESG will require that the publisher
>   publish the text verbatim.   It is the expectation of the IETF
>   community that this will not be done often."
> 

I think this text captures a capability that the IETF needs and should replace 
the current text in Req-POSTEDIT-5. It is probably necessary to generalize "the 
IESG" to include the IAB and IRSG.

> WRT getting in the way of the type of experiment proposed in
> draft-eronen-rfc-selective-experiment-00.txt -- I'm sympathetic,
> to the extent we believe the IETF community *wants* to be
> able to engage in such experiments (I'll observe it's a personal
> -00 submission).   But, much of the motivation of that experiment
> should be undone if we do the TechSpec job properly.

If I understand Henrik correctly, the goal is to not close the door on doing a 
process experiment like this.  In the future there may be other experiments 
that we come up with.  It's not possible to figure out what sorts of 
requirements we might need in the future to accomodate some not yet thought of 
experiment.  If the desire is just to allow experiments, I think it is more 
appropriate to add a new requirement to section: 3.20 (Process and Document 
Evolution).  I think this is already covered, but if we want to make it 
explict, we should add a new requirement along the lines of:

Req-PROCESSCHG-2 - The IETF technical publisher should participate in and 
support process experiments involving the technical publication process.

Stephen

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