Standards Classification and Reality Problem Statement (was Re: Not a problem statement [ was Re: Killing old/slow groups - transition thinking)

[john.loughney@nokia.com]

Hi James,

> The overall problem is that the world has changed since the original
> classifications were done, and, at the risk of once again getting told =
that this
> is a problem statement list and not for solutions,  I think we ought =
to
> recognize the role that a WG ID has as, in effect, a de facto =
standard, and
> require interoperable implementations for PS. Whether we keep DS and S =
is
> unimportant, but we need to recognize reality.

I disagree with this.  I think some companies marketing departments wish
the above were true, but at least a large number of SDOs do recognize
that a draft is temporal and want an RFC.  The reason why drafts do tend
to become something more of a de facto standard is because of the length
of the standardization process.  If standards were produced in a more =
timely
fasion, I don't think we would need to worry about this so much.

John