Subject: DLSw Proposed Charter

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 94 08:17:12 PST

Data Link Switchers:

Before you hit the skies, take a look at this!

ACTION ITEM!  A draft charter/technical plan
and procedures document are included.  Review 
it before the meeting because we will discuss it 
first thing at the meeting and hopefully get it 
revised and approved.

See you soon!

Regards,
   Louise

BACKGROUND
Because we found the requirements for a SIG 
inappropriate to our more independent nature of
relationship to the AIW, we are now of a new
breed of group called a RIG - related interest 
group.  The SNA MIB group will also be a RIG.

A RIG has commonalities with the AIW and meets
in the same venue, but the AIW does not need to 
approve its charter/technical plan, does not appoint
its chair, and does not approve its resulting standard.  

IBM will shortly publish the proposed RIG guidelines
that will be part of the AIW procedures.  IBM is 
open to input on these.  I reviewed a draft version
and they seemed comfortable, though I made some
suggestions based on feedback I have gotten
from you and other DLSw SIG/RIG members.  

It does not need to be stated officially that we can
find another venue if we find the AIW discommodious,
and that the AIW may choose no longer to have us
be an AIW RIG if our purposes disconverge.  

Included with this note is the new proposed charter/
technical plan and the new proposed procedures 
document.  Most of the points made in my previous 
lengthy proposed charter many moons ago are 
included in the new AIW RIG guidelines.  I also
split out the charter into a technical plan and a
prodecures document.  We may choose to incorporate
other information and the AIW RIG guidelines 
information into a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 
document.

Note:  A statement is forthcoming from IBM by or before 
the February AIW regarding IBM's intellectual
property relationship to RFC 1434, including patents 
and copyright.  I expect it will say, in fancy legalize,
that 1434 has no IBM patents.

DRAFT 
Charter - Technical Plan
Data Link Switching (DLSw) Related Interest Group (RIG) 
under the auspices of the 
APPN Implementers' Workshop (AIW).

1.	PURPOSE OF GROUP.  The Data Link Switching (DLSw) 
Related Interest Group (RIG) Charter is formed to 
develop a draft standard for the routing of SNA, APPN, 
and NetBIOS traffic across TCP/IP.

2.	GOAL OF WORK.  The goal of the RIG's work is to 
provide interoperation among routers of different 
vendors implementing DLSw.

3.	MILESTONES.  The RIG has targeted the following
milestones.

	a.	September 1993-January 1994:  Present 
selected written proposals for decisions.

	b.	February 1994 (First 1994 AIW):  Present 
and amendfinal written proposals for decisions.  All 
agreed-upon proposals from this meeting will be 
coordinated before next meeting into a semifinal draft.
This stage is called Approved Direction (AD).

	c.	June 1994 (Second 1994 AIW):  Decide on 
semifinal draft, with only editorial changes remaining.  
Vendors should be able to develop product based on this 
draft.  This stage is called Approved Pages (AP).

	d.	September 1994 (Third 1994 AIW):  Make 
final editing changes made in time for a final document 
decision.  RIG should be able to submit this document as 
a draft to the IETF.  This stage is called Closed Pages (CP).

4.	IETF INTENT.  Upon completion of the work it is the 
further intent of the group to submit the work to the 
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a draft 
standard.

5.	DRAFT STANDARD.

	a.	WORKING DRAFT.  The starting point for the 
work is RFC 1434 as published by IBM in July 1993.  

	b.	SCOPE.  The intent of the DLSw standard is to 
address external interface standardization and to leave 
the implementation of the standard to each implementer.  

	c.	FOCUS.  In the interest of time, the RIG will 
focus first on required changes and adaptations.  Future 
versions of the document may contain expansions, but this 
will not be attempted in the first version.

DRAFT 
PROCEDURES
Data Link Switching (DLSw) Related Interest Group (RIG) 
under the auspices of the 
APPN Implementers' Workshop (AIW).

1.	PROCEDURES.  This RIG was formed under the 
auspices of the Advanced Peer to Peer Networking (APPN) 
Implementers Workshop (AIW) because of commonalities 
in purpose.

2.	AIW PROCEDURES. The relationship between the 
AIW and any RIGs that meet under its auspices are 
described in the AIW procedures document.  As an AIW 
RIG, the DLSw RIG activities follow the RIG guidelines 
in the AIW Procedures manual, with the following 
changes and additions included in this document.    

3.	ATTENDANCE. Attendees of the DLSw RIG 
meeting must register and pay for attendance 
at the AIW meeting, whether or not they attend any 
portion of the AIW other than the DLSw RIG.

4.	MEETINGS AND PROCESS.

	b.	ELECTRONIC MAIL DECISIONS.  Between 
meetings, official decisions may be made on electronic
mail as specified in the AIW procedures.

	c.	ADDITIONAL OFFICIAL MEETINGS.
The RIG or its working groups may officially meet 
separately from the AIW as long as 1) the meeting is  
proposed in writing on the Internet mail exploder to 
the entire RIG or working group at least 3 weeks in 
advance of such meeting and 2) there is not significant 
objection on the Internet mail exploder to such a meeting.  
These other official meetings may include videoconferences 
or teleconferences.  (For the purposes of this section, 
"official" means a meeting that is authorized to make 
decisions for the RIG or group.)

	d.	LEADERSHIP--CHAIR.  The RIG will 
choose its chair based on consensus.  This chair will 
report on the RIG's work to the AIW chair.  

	e.	LEADERSHIP--EDITOR.  The RIG may 
choose to split the leadership responsibilities between 
a chair, for administrative duties, and an editor, for 
technical responsibility for the draft.  If split, the RIG 
will choose an editor based on consensus.

	f.	AGENDA.  A proposed RIG agenda will be 
published before each meeting listing proposed discussion 
topics.  A  final agenda will be set based on RIG membership 
input.

	g.	MINUTES.  Minutes of the meeting will be 
published within a month after each official meeting 
documenting decisions, priorities, and work assignments.