RSE & RSOC report

1. RSE & RSOC report IETF 87, Berlin

2. RFC Format • Progress to date: • RFC 6949: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6949.txt • Announcement: http://www.rfc-editor.org/pipermail/rfc-interest/2013-May/005584.html • Initial FAQ: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rse/FormatFAQ.html • Next steps: • Pull together a design team • Create specifications for work required on tools for community, RFC Editor • Testing, testing, testing and verification that we're meeting the requirements set out in RFC 6949 (with a little more testing thrown in) • Timeline: • Design team: August – November • Specifications: December-March • Coding and testing: March-December

3. RFC Style Guide • Current draft • https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-flanagan-style/ • Next steps: • Write up key changes between current and revised style guide • Discuss changes with RSAG, others • Discuss changes with community • Create report for RSOC on long-term implications of Style Guide modifications • Timeline: • Discussion process: through December 2013 • Detailed review with RSOC January 2014 • RFC publication by March 2014

4. RSE Avenues of Communication • The RSE wiki • http://www.rfc-editor.org/rse/wiki • rfc-interest mailing list • http://www.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-interest

5. RFC Series Oversight Committee (RSOC) • Members: • IAB Members • Joel Halpern (Lead) • Bernard Aboba • Non-IAB Members • Nevil Brownlee • Tony Hansen • Joe Hildebrand • Bob Hinden • Alexey Melnikov • Heather Flanagan (RSE) • Ray Pelletier (IAOC Liaison) • Many thanks to: • Fred Baker • Ole Jacobsen • John Klensin • Olaf Kolkman