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The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 2
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Network Working Group Internet Architecture Board and
Request for Comments: 1602 Internet Engineering Steering Group
Obsoletes: 1310 March 1994
Category: Informational
The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 2
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Notice
This informational memo presents the current procedures for creating
and documenting Internet Standards. This document is provisional,
pending legal review and concurrence of the Internet Society
Trustees. It is being published in this form to keep the Internet
Community informed as to the current status of policies and
procedures for Internet Standards work.
Abstract
This document is a revision of RFC 1310, which defined the official
procedures for creating and documenting Internet Standards.
This revision (revision 2) includes the following major changes:
(a) The new management structure arising from the POISED Working
Group is reflected. These changes were agreed to by the IETF
plenary and by the IAB and IESG in November 1992 and accepted by
the ISOC Board of Trustees at their December 1992 meeting.
(b) Prototype status is added to the non-standards track maturity
levels (Section 2.4.1).
(c) The Intellectual Property Rights section is completely revised,
in accordance with legal advice. Section 5 of this document
replaces Sections 5 and 6 of RFC-1310. The new section 5 has
been reviewed by legal counsel to the Internet Society.
IAB - IESG