Re: IETF#73 LDAP BOF Proposal
I've submitted a BOF proposal to Apps ADs for their consideration.
Amongst other factors in determining whether to approve this BOF, they
will need to be convinced that there is sufficient level of
participation in the BOF and the proposed WG. It would be helpful
for those interested to express their interest, either on list or in
person to Alexey (who has agreed to chair the BOF), and/or myself,
within the next week or so.
Regards, Kurt
On Aug 29, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Kurt Zeilenga wrote:
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) BOF
Chair(s): TBD
The purpose of this BOF is to discuss the formation of a working
group to undertake LDAP standards work. It is conceived that the
proposed WG would undertake both the revision of existing technical
specifications for LDAP extensions and the engineering of new LDAP
extensions.
There are numerous existing technical specifications for LDAP
extensions. Most of the Standard Track specifications were
published prior to the current LDAP "core" specification [RFC 4510]
and are in the need of revision. In some cases, it may be more
appropriate to move the extension off the Standards Track. While
the work of determining which RFC should be revised (or moved off to
a different track), and prioritization of the work, could be
deferred to the WG, it is hoped that the BOF will reach some
conclusions as to which revision work is of the highest priority.
There are also numerous extensions to LDAP which seem worthy of
standardization. It is hoped that the BOF will reach some conclusion
as to short list of new extension work items to be undertaken (at
least initially) by the proposed WG. That short list might include,
for instance, in LDAP Transactions and Extensions for X.500 Alignment.
By including both revision and new engineering work items in a
single working group it is hoped that the sufficient participation
levels will be maintained to make reasonable progress in both
revision and new engineering work.