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Internet Architecture Board (IAB) N. Brownlee, Ed. Request for Comments: 6548 The University of Auckland Obsoletes: 5620 IAB Category: Informational June 2012 ISSN: 2070-1721

                Independent Submission Editor Model

Abstract

 This document describes the function and responsibilities of the RFC
 Independent Submission Editor (ISE).  The Independent Submission
 stream is one of the stream producers that create draft RFCs, with
 the ISE as its stream approver.  The ISE is overall responsible for
 activities within the Independent Submission stream, working with
 draft editors and reviewers, and interacts with the RFC Production
 Center and Publisher, and the RFC Series Editor (RSE).  The ISE is
 appointed by the IAB, and also interacts with the IETF Administrative
 Oversight Committee (IAOC).

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 Architecture Board (IAB)
 and represents information that the IAB has deemed valuable to
 provide for permanent record.  Documents approved for publication by
 the IAB are not 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/rfc6548.

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Table of Contents

 1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
 2.  Independent Submission Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
   2.1.  Qualifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
   2.2.  Responsibilities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
 3.  Independent Submission Editorial Board  . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
 4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
 5.  IAB Members at the Time of Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
 6.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
 7.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   7.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   7.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1. Introduction

 The RFC Editor Model [RFC6635] defines a set of streams that produce
 draft RFCs, which are submitted for publication.  This document
 defines the management function for the Independent Submission
 stream, specifically the role of Independent Submission Editor (ISE).
 This document is a derivative of [RFC5620], Section 3.2, and was
 separated out from [RFC6635].

 This document obsoletes [RFC5620] in combination with [RFC6635].

2. Independent Submission Editor

 The ISE is an individual who is responsible for the Independent
 Submission stream of RFCs, as defined by [RFC4844].  The Independent
 Submission stream and the ISE are not under the authority or
 direction of the RSE or the RFC Series Oversight Committee (RSOC)
 (see [RFC6635]).  As noted below, the ISE is appointed by and is
 responsible directly to the IAB.

2.1. Qualifications

 The ISE is a senior position for which the following qualifications
 are desired:

 1.  Technical competence, i.e., broad technical experience and
     perspective across a wide range of Internet technologies and
     applications, and also the ability to work effectively with
     portions of that spectrum in which they have no personal
     expertise.

 2.  Thorough familiarity with the RFC series.

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 3.  An ability to define and constitute advisory and document review
     arrangements.  If those arrangements include an Editorial Board
     similar to the current one or some equivalent arrangement, the
     ability to assess the technical competence of potential Editorial
     Board members (see Section 3).

 4.  Good standing in the technical community, in and beyond the IETF.

 5.  Demonstrated editorial skills, good command of the English
     language, and demonstrated history of being able to work
     effectively with technical documents and materials created by
     others.

 6.  The ability to work effectively in a multi-actor environment with
     divided authority and responsibility similar to that described in
     [RFC6635].

2.2. Responsibilities

 The ISE is an individual who may have assistants and who is
 responsible for:

 1.  Maintaining technical quality of the Independent Submission
     stream.

 2.  Reviewing, approving, and processing Independent Submissions.

 3.  Forwarding draft RFCs in the Independent Submission stream to the
     RFC Production Center.

 4.  Defining and developing the scope of the Independent Submission
     stream as a part of the overall RFC Editor function [RFC6635].

 5.  Reviewing and approving RFC errata for Independent Submissions.

 6.  Coordinating work and conforming to general RFC Series policies
     as specified by the IAB and RSE.

 7.  Providing statistics and documentation as requested by the RSE
     and/or IAOC.

 The ISE may choose to select individuals to participate in an
 Advisory Board for assistance in special topics as the ISE deems
 appropriate.  Such an Advisory Board exists at the pleasure of the
 ISE, and its members serve at the pleasure of the ISE.

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 The individual with the listed qualifications is selected by the IAB
 after input has been collected from the community.  An approach
 similar to the one used by the IAB to select an IAOC member every
 other year as described in [RFC4333] should be used.

 While the ISE itself is considered a volunteer function, the IAB
 considers maintaining the Independent Submission stream part of the
 IAB's supported activities.  Therefore, the IAOC should include these
 costs in the IASA budget.

3. Independent Submission Editorial Board

 The ISE is supported by an Editorial Board for the review of
 Independent Submission stream documents.  This board is known as the
 Independent Submission Editorial Board.  This volunteer Editorial
 Board exists at the pleasure of the ISE, and its members serve at the
 pleasure of the ISE.  The existence of this board is simply noted
 within this model, and additional discussion of such is considered
 out of scope of this document.

4. Security Considerations

 This document has no specific security implications, however the same
 security considerations as those in [RFC4846] and [RFC4844] apply.

5. IAB Members at the Time of Approval

 Bernard Aboba, Ross Callon, Alissa Cooper, Joel Halpern, Spencer
 Dawkins, Russ Housley, David Kessens, Olaf Kolkman, Danny McPherson,
 Jon Peterson, Andrei Robachevsky, Dave Thaler, Hannes Tschofenig.

6. Acknowledgements

 Generous thanks to Joel Hapern for all his help with this document,
 and for all his work on [RFC6635]).  Thanks also to the IAB members,
 whose comments and suggestions were both welcome and useful.

7. References

7.1. Normative References

 [RFC4846]  Klensin, J. and D. Thaler, "Independent Submissions to the
            RFC Editor", RFC 4846, July 2007.

 [RFC4844]  Daigle, L., Ed. and IAB, "The RFC Series and RFC Editor",
            RFC 4844, July 2007.

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7.2. Informative References

 [RFC4333]  Huston, G. and B. Wijnen, "The IETF Administrative
            Oversight Committee (IAOC) Member Selection Guidelines and
            Process", BCP 113, RFC 4333, December 2005.

 [RFC5620]  Kolkman, O. and IAB, "RFC Editor Model (Version 1)",
            RFC 5620, August 2009.

 [RFC6635]  Kolkman, O., Ed., Halpern, J., Ed., and IAB, "RFC Editor
            Model (Version 2)", RFC 6635, June 2012.

Authors' Addresses

 Nevil Brownlee (editor)
 The University of Auckland

 EMail: n.brownlee@auckland.ac.nz

 Internet Architecture Board

 EMail: iab@iab.org

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