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... IAB members pay special attention to emerging activities in the IETF.
When a new IETF working group is proposed, the IAB reviews its
charter for architectural consistency ...
... probably not for a very good reason.) BCP 25(RFC-2418), "IETF Working Group
Guidelines and Procedures," is an excellent resource for anyone
participating in WG ...
... IETF documents. They
are also useful for specifications that are the precursors for work
being done by IETF Working Groups. On the other hand, some people
refer to Informational RFCs as "standards" even though the RFCs are
not standards, usually to fool the gullible public about something
...