Re: AS#2 - Internet Draft Proposal - 0/3

[rsedc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Chia)]

I am a bit confused. The charter of the Work Group was supposed to be

> Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 10:07:54 -0500
> From: drummond@onramp.net (Rik Drummond)
> Subject: EDIINT WorkGroup Charter Approved
<snip>

> Deliverables:
> -------------
> The group will produce three documents:
>   1) an Informational document describing the requirements
>      for interoperable EDI, with sufficient background
>      material to give an explanation for the EDI community
>      of the Internet-related issues.
>   2) a Applicability Statement describing how current
                                                ^^^^^^^
>      Internet standards can be used to achieve this
>      functionality for MIME and SMTP.
>   3) a Applicability Statement describing how current
                                                ^^^^^^^
>      Internet standards can be used to achieve this
>      functionality for FTP and HTTP.
<snip>

It was again reminded:

> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 08:57:51 -0500
> From: drummond@onramp.net (Rik Drummond)
> Subject: Re: AS#2 Transport Protocol/Security

> I think everyone remember this, but just in case...our workgroup's charter
> is to recommend a mix of existing standards that will facilitate EDI
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> interoperability over Internet.....We should not be inventing additional
                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> standards...we may have to ask for adjustments to some...however....
  ^^^^^^^^^

Now we have

>   PRPOSAL / PROPOSAL / PROPOSAL / PROPOSAL / PROPOSAL / PROPOSAL
>
> INTERNET DRAFT                                        Kent Schwab, Actra
>
> 05 December, 1996
>
>              Electronic Commerce Transfer Protocol (ECTP)
<snip>

> If we agree we should proceed, then we will discuss in detail the proposal.
> Please don't discuss detail now.

Did I miss something ? If that was the agenda then some of Carl's
ideas could be useful. Do we have time to debate this over Xmas periods ?


David Chia,
RMIT University