OPEN ISSUE: Standards Track

[Basavaraj.Patil at nokia.com]

> > For example, I think that it should be possible for several
> different
> > proposals that solve the same problem to be published in an enduring
> > form by the IETF, and for a subsequent process to determine which
> > one(s) will advance on the standards-track.  This would solve some
> > of the problems that we have in the v6ops WG, for example.  But, we
> > have no tools to do this in a way that makes the status of these
> > documents visible to our "customers".
> >
> 
> My understanding is that that is one purpose of the Experimental
> designation.

Which unfortunately I believe is not done as much by WGs in the
IETF. 
> 
>         jak

-bp