Guide for Internet Standards Writers (stdguide)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 03/30/2001

 Current Status: Concluded Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Greg Scott  <scottg@ftm.disa.mil>

 ops Director(s):
     Steve Coya  <scoya@ietf.org>
     David Oran  <oran@cisco.com>
     Fred Baker  <fred@cisco.com>

 ops Advisor:
     Fred Baker  <fred@cisco.com>

 Mailing Lists: 
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Description of Working Group:

This working group will provide a forum for implementers, testers, and
users of current Internet standard protocols to provide feedback on the
standards themselves; i.e., on what aspects of the documents defining
the standards have assisted or hindered the implementation, test, and
use of those protocols.

The purpose of the group is to collect this information, much of which
survives today as word-of-mouth knowledge in the Internet community,
and present it as a BCP document. This document will cover definitions,
guidelines, and a list of heuristic rules for avoiding common mistakes
in writing Internet protocol standards documents.

Note: This working group is jointly chartered by the Operational
Requirements Area and the User Services Area.

 Goals and Milestones:

   OCT 95       Post a detailed outline for the document and a call for 
                participation. 

   NOV 95       Post guide for standards writers as an Intenet-Draft. 

   DEC 95       Meet at Dallas IETF. 

   JAN 96       Issue revised Internet-Draft based on input from list and 
                working group meeting. 

   MAR 96       Submit Internet-Draft to IESG for consideration as a BCP 
                RFC. 


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  RFC   Stat Published     Title
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RFC2360BCP  JUN 98    Guide for Internet Standards Writers