id tracker states: an internet draft’s path through the iesg
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ID Tracker States: An Internet Draft’s Path Through the IESG. Thomas Narten [email protected] Atlanta IETF 2002-11-20. Introduction. “ID Tracker” tool shows state of IDs on IESG's plate https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/pidtracker.cgi Under development for more than a year - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ID Tracker States: An Internet Draft’s Path Through the IESG
Thomas Narten
Atlanta IETF
2002-11-20
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Introduction
• “ID Tracker” tool shows state of IDs on IESG's plate
• https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/pidtracker.cgi
• Under development for more than a year
• Under general use by IESG 6 +/- months
• Still under development/refinement
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Primary Benefits
• Keeps track of all IDs on IESG’s plate• Public view of each document's state (and
history)• Clearly identify who has action token for next
steps• Reduce confusion about an ID's actual status• Public access to any IESG comments • Reduce possibility of “losing” documents (as has
sometimes happened in the past…)
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Work-Flow Model of ID Processing
• All documents travel along well-defined path through system
• Path reflected as state machine; each state:– Indicates what the next step is– Who has the action– What events move document to another state
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ID States
• Within ID tracker, documents are:– Always in exactly one state– May also be in a sub state (providing more
detail)– May include a “note” field with additional
explanation
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Where IDs Start
• WG documents, individual submissions, etc.
• In one of two states:– ID Exists - means just that– AD is Watching - document is in ID Tracker
for easy tracking by AD
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State: Publication Requested
• Via formal request from WG (via Section 7.5 of RFC 2418, plus cc [email protected])
• Via a submission directly to RFC editor• Via a direct request to an AD• Additional details:
– Need to assign a shepherding AD
– Need to assign to an area
– no action has been taken by AD yet
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State: AD Evaluation
• AD has begun review process:– Is intended status right? (Info? Experimental?
Proposed Standard? BCP?)– Is Last Call needed?– Is expert review needed? (e.g., MIB doctor,
security, etc.)– ID Nits taken care of?– Has AD convinced herself that document is
ready for next step?
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State: Expert Review
• AD may ask someone else to review• Perhaps needs review from particular angle
– Operational impacts?– Security?– Something else?
• Comments from review may result in:– Additional discussion with WG/authors– Need for revision
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State: Last Call Requested
• Last Call is required for Standards Track or BCP documents
• MAY be requested if broad review/notice is needed
• AD makes formal request when document is really ready
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State: In Last Call
• Last Call has actually started
• Last Call message has been sent to ietf-announce
• Now just waiting for LC to end
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State: Waiting For Writeup
• Protocol Actions include explanation of action
• Sent out if/when document is approved
• Written up by AD for rest of IESG to read as part of the (soon-to-happen) full IESG review
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State: Waiting for AD Go-Ahead
• Comments/issues may arise during Last Call• Additional discussion may be needed (or still be
on going)• Revision of document may be needed• AD needs to ensure document really is ready for
formal consideration by entire IESG• When ready, AD requests document be put on
IESG agenda for full IESG review
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State: IESG Evaluation
• The entire IESG is (finally!) reviewing the document
• Each AD reviews and brings up any issues
• For standards track, a formal Evaluation records issues and ensures each AD has expressed an opinion
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State: Defer
• An AD wanted more time to review
• Invoked no more than once, the first time a document appears on agenda
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Document Approved States
• State: Approved - Announcement to be Sent– IESG has approved the document– Secretariat needs to send out the announcement
• State: RFC Ed Queue– document is recorded in queue at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/queue.html
• State: RFC Published– RFC has been published!
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Do Not Published States
• State: DNP - Waiting for AD Note– Sometimes, IESG concludes that a document just shouldn't
be published– Pretty rare in practice– More often, we say “document has the following problems,
not suitable to be published in current form”.– Reason for DNP needs to be written up
• State: DNP - Announcement to be Sent– DNP note has been written up
• State DNP – Announcement Sent– Note has been sent to author
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Sub States
• For some states, state itself is too coarse to really describe state sufficiently
• Sub state provides finer grain of explanation
• Similar sub states apply to many states, e.g.:– IESG Evaluation– AD Evaluation
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Sub-State: Point Raised -Writeup Needed
• One or more ADs has an issue
• Point needs to be written up
• Decision to formally raise a “discuss” often made only after voice telechat discussion
• Writeup produced shortly after telechat
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Sub-State: AD Follow up
• AD holds token for determining next steps, but next steps are unclear
• May be discussing issues within WG• May need to ascertain whether WG/author
response addresses concern or question• May need to get feedback from another AD• Lots of different possible reasons why
actual state is unclear
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Sub-State: Revised ID Needed
• Determination has been made that revised ID is needed
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Sub-State: External Party
• Review or followup from External party needed (i.e., someone other than Author or AD)
• See “note” field for more details