Status of the four documents of IDNA revision?

[Paul Hoffman]

At 6:40 AM -0500 2/23/08, Vint Cerf wrote:
>could we get an update on the status of each of the four documents 
>that are to be proposed for adoption through the IDNA working group?

Not to be too pedantic, but this is *not* a "working group" in the 
IETF sense: it is an informal mailing list discussing 
individually-authored Internet Drafts whose status is far from 
determined. It is also not what the IETF normally calls a "design 
team" given the open nature of the request for feedback.

Given the number of IETF non-regulars (a category which, 
unfortunately, I put you in Vint: come on back!), it is important to 
be clear that this is not (yet, if ever) an IETF activity.

>I sense that a great deal of progress has been made but I am unsure 
>how to assess our distance from  final documents ready for 
>submission.

Given the flurry of new information that comes up every few weeks or 
months, I would hope that more review by a wider audience would be 
requested before anything was considered "final documents ready for 
submission". Going to IETF Last Call with an incompatible revision to 
a widely-deployed protocol without as much vetting as the original 
protocol is sure to cause chaos. I understand that this is not what 
some others on this list might want.

>Would the primary editors of each document try to assess when we 
>might expect versions that could be forwarded to the appropriate 
>Area Directors?

Have people even agreed who the appropriate Area Directors are? I suspect not.