RFC 6393 INFORMATIONAL PROCESS · HISTORIC

Moving RFC 4693 to Historic

The IETF Operational Notes experiment ended, so RFC 4693 is moved to Historic.

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PUBLISHED
September 2011
AUTHORS
M. Yevstifeyev
STREAM
IETF
BUILDS ON
RFC 4693 — IETF Operational Notes
EXPERIMENT TERMINATED
March 2008
RFC MOVED TO HISTORIC
RFC 4693
DOI
10.17487/RFC6393

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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                    M. Yevstifeyev
Request for Comments: 6393                                September 2011
Obsoletes: 4693
Category: Informational
ISSN: 2070-1721

                      Moving RFC 4693 to Historic


Abstract

   This document moves RFC 4693 to Historic status.  It also obsoletes
   RFC 4693.

Status of This Memo

   This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
   published for informational purposes.

   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
   (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
   received public review and has been approved for publication by the
   Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Not all documents
   approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet
   Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.

   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
   http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6393.

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1.  Introduction

   This document moves RFC 4693 [RFC4693] to Historic status.  It also
   obsoletes that document.

2.  Moving RFC 4693 to Historic Status

   RFC 4693 [RFC4693] established the IETF Operational Notes (IONs)
   series of documents on the experimental basis [RFC3933].  This series
   was intended to discuss the set of procedures that the IETF follows,
   but for which the RFC publication process is an inappropriate
   documentation vehicle.

   Per RFC 3933 [RFC3933], in March 2008, the IESG decided to terminate
   the IONs process experiment [IESG-IONS].  This document moves RFC
   4693 to Historic status, per [HISTORIC], to reflect experiment
   closure.  Please contact the IESG at <iesg@ietf.org> for further
   details, including motivation for the termination and further destiny
   of IONs.

3.  Security Considerations

   This document is of administrative nature only; therefore, there are
   no security issues related to it.

4.  Acknowledgments

   Various discussions of, valuable comments on, and criticism of
   previous versions of this document were provided by (in alphabetical
   order) Harald Alvestrand, Brian Carpenter, Russ Housley, John
   Klensin, Barry Leiba, and Subramanian Moonesamy.  Harald Alvestrand
   is also acknowledged for his work on RFC 4693.

5.  References

5.1.  Normative References

   [RFC4693]   Alvestrand, H., "IETF Operational Notes", RFC 4693,
               October 2006.

5.2.  Informative References

   [IESG-IONS] Housley, R., "IETF Operational Notes", April 2008,
               <http://www.ietf.org/old/2009/u/iesgcontent/ions.html>.

   [HISTORIC]  The IESG, "IESG Statement on Designating RFCs as
               Historic", IESG Statement, June 2011,
               <http://www.ietf.org/iesg/statement/designating-rfcs-as-
               historic.html>.

   [RFC3933]   Klensin, J. and S. Dawkins, "A Model for IETF Process
               Experiments", BCP 93, RFC 3933, November 2004.

Author's Address

   Mykyta Yevstifeyev
   8 Kuzovkov St., Apt. 25
   Kotovsk
   Ukraine

   EMail: evnikita2@gmail.com

ISO Plain Language

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PROBLEMRFC 4693 established the IETF Operational Notes series as an experiment, and the IESG later terminated that experiment.
MECHANISMRFC 6393 obsoletes RFC 4693 and moves it to Historic to reflect the experiment's closure.
STATUS TODAYThe memo points readers to the IESG for details about the termination and the future of IONs.

§1Purpose of RFC 6393

RFC 6393 moves RFC 4693 to Historic status and obsoletes it. The memo says this change reflects the closure of the IETF Operational Notes (IONs) experiment.

RFC 6393 is administrative in nature and states that it has no related security issues.

This memo records that RFC 4693 is no longer current because the experiment it documented ended. It does not define a technical protocol.

§2What the IONs Series Was For

RFC 4693 established the IETF Operational Notes series on an experimental basis under RFC 3933. It was intended to discuss IETF procedures for which the RFC publication process was not an appropriate documentation method.

IONs were intended for documenting IETF procedures that did not fit the RFC publication process. The series began as an experiment.

§2The Experiment's Closure

Under RFC 3933, the IESG decided in March 2008 to terminate the IONs process experiment. RFC 6393 moves RFC 4693 to Historic to reflect that decision.

The memo does not state why the experiment ended. It directs readers to the IESG for details, including the motivation and future of IONs.

The IESG ended the IONs experiment in March 2008. This RFC records that decision but does not give the reasons.

§4References