[xtm-wg] Re: IETF as a host organization for XTM?

[Murray Altheim <altheim@eng.sun.com>]

Michel Biezunski wrote:
> 
> Yesterday, Dianne Kennedy and I had a meeting with Cecilia Preston, who
> is involved in the ISOC (Internet Society) family of standards, of which
> IETF is a member.
> Cecilia is the head of IRTF (Internet Resource Task Force), which takes care
> of how things are addressed on the Internet, such as URNs (in supplement
> to URI and URLs).
> 
> It appears that the model followed by IETF is to be completely open.
> Since there is a consensus within the XTM group for an open standard,
> it might be quite interesting, we think, to make a review of what these
> standards
> are, and to decide whether we want, as a group, go for an RFC (Request for
> Comments) in the ISOC family of standards, which by the way is not directly
> related to W3C, which means that we might as well end up also with a note to
> W3C.

For those who have participated in past IETF activities, there's (as I
suppose in any organizational/functional structure) pros and cons to
the IETF. Things tend to take a long time, and there's sometimes very
little control over timelines and discussion, unless (in my experience)
one has a very strong chair.

I do think a resultant IETF RFC is a Very Good Idea, as one of the things
we would gain is potential endorsement from a true standards organization.

It has been pointed out to me a potential problem with the member ratio 
requirements current charter: what about companies that can lay claim to
being both a technology and content company? Large organizations like 
Sun, Microsoft, IBM, etc. can easily be called both. Who is the arbiter?
 
Murray

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Murray Altheim                            <mailto:altheim&#x40;eng.sun.com>
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