Re: New Version Notification for draft-leiba-extended-doc-shepherd-00.txt

[Barry Leiba <barryleiba@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've posted my thoughts on starting document shepherding at the time a
document first starts its life in a working group, and on the tasks a
shepherd might perform at each stage in the document's life.  I intend
to pursue having this published as an Informational document, not a
BCP, reflecting my personal opinion.  That said, I'm interested in
comments, and might make changes accordingly.

Barry

> Filename:        draft-leiba-extended-doc-shepherd
> Revision:        00
> Title:           Document Shepherding Throughout a Document's Lifecycle
> Creation date:   2012-08-02
> WG ID:           Individual Submission
> Number of pages: 24
> URL:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-leiba-extended-doc-shepherd-00.txt
> Status:
> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-leiba-extended-doc-shepherd
> Htmlized:
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-leiba-extended-doc-shepherd-00
>
>
> Abstract:
>    RFC 4858 talks about "Document Shepherding from Working Group Last
>    Call to Publication".  There's a significant part of a document's
>    life that happens before working group last call, starting, really,
>    at the time a working group begins discussing a version of the idea
>    that's been posted as an individual draft.  It seems reasonable and
>    helpful to begin shepherding when there's a call for adoption as a
>    working group document, and this document gives one Area Director's
>    view of how that extended shepherding function might work, and what
>    tasks might be involved throughout the document's lifecycle.