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Re: [ldapext] IETF#73 LDAP BOF Proposal
I would be interested in participating.
Thanks,
Peter
Kurt Zeilenga wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>
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