Subject: doubt

From: Rohit Gupta <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 01:01:34 -0700 (PDT)

Hi,

What is the procedure to convert a document from
"standards track" to "proposed standard"?

As i understand, it goes something like this.

IETF after a lot of discussions comes up with a
protoocol which it thinks can solve the problem
plauging this world (ISPs). After everyone is
convinced we come out with a "standards track" doc.
ALl vendors are supposed to comply/conform with it.

The implementations start rolling out.

Over a period of time, people learn more about this
new protocol, gain more experience and then they come
out with another RFC which explains this new protocol
and they call it the "proposed standard" 

Is my understanding of the procedure correct? And
generally how long (in years approx) does it take for
a specificiation to mature from a "standards track" to
a proposed standard.

Cheers,
Rohit

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