Re: iCAP, OPES and the IETF

[Scott Brim <sbrim@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 01:17:02PM -0600, Hilarie Orman wrote:
> I'd be a lot happier about ICAP if it were taken on as standards track
> by the IETF.  Taking it as Informational now rules out cleaning up
> lingering issues wrt to clarity, interoperability, etc.  

Not at all, it just makes it an informational RFC -- it doesn't rule out
anything.  You can then create a standards-track RFC out of it at your
leisure.  We have precedents for this (of course I can't remember any
specific ones right now).  Also, even proposed standards have lingering
issues wrt clarity, interoperability, etc.  You don't lose by publishing
something informational.  Someone who implements a pre-standard version
might lose, of course.

..Scott