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MEDIAMAN
Summary
The MEDIAMAN working group met to discuss the status of draft-ietf-mediaman-6838bis, coordinate with ongoing work in the IANABIS group, and review the working group's milestones. The group decided not to delay their work to wait for IANABIS. Instead, they will update draft-ietf-mediaman-6838bis to align with 8126bis and 7120bis, incorporate minor updates to the community review process, and proceed to a new Working Group Last Call (WGLC).
Key Discussion Points
Scribe Nomination
- Brent volunteered to act as the scribe for the session.
Status of draft-ietf-mediaman-6838bis and IANABIS Coordination
- Harald Alvestrand presented the Chair slides and introduced the discussion on IANABIS status and its relation to draft-ietf-mediaman-6838bis.
- Mark Nottingham reported on his presentation in the IANABIS session regarding registration sub-policies for "specification required" (focusing on standard-organization-based, permissive, and community-based policies).
- Andrew Newton noted in the chat log that the core question was: "Do we wait on IANABIS or not?".
- Mark Nottingham suggested two potential paths: pause work and wait for IANABIS to conclude to reference their document, or proceed with MEDIAMAN's current text and act as an "early canary."
- Jonathan Lennox observed that regardless of IANABIS's timeline, the MEDIAMAN working group could explicitly write down community process instructions for its expert reviewers within its own document.
- Harald Alvestrand and Mark Nottingham agreed that keeping the MEDIAMAN working group open for another year to wait for IANABIS was not optimal. Mark Nottingham proposed updating the community policy text in draft-ietf-mediaman-6838bis via a pull request to incorporate recent refinements made in his separate draft, rather than pausing for the external document.
- The working group discussed aligning with the upcoming
8126bisand7120bisdocuments. Jonathan Lennox noted that publication for7120bishad been requested by Ted Hardie that morning.
Reviewer's Checklist
- Harald Alvestrand recalled the previous consensus to use the existing IANA registry page as the publication base for the checklist, maintained by designated experts with IESG oversight.
- Because no changes or updates to the checklist have been suggested, the group agreed to consider this work item completed under the current status.
Milestone Updates and Charter Review
- Andrew Newton asked about the tracker milestones regarding publishing the reviewer's checklist (either as an RFC or a Wiki page) and recommendations about future registration and queue management.
- Harald Alvestrand clarified that the reviewer's checklist milestone is satisfied by using the existing IANA page.
- Regarding the queue management milestone (which originally considered using GitHub for tracking registrations), Harald Alvestrand noted that the working group previously decided not to establish formal rules for this. Consequently, both milestones are considered complete or retired.
Decisions and Action Items
Decisions
- Proceeding without IANABIS: The working group will not wait for the IANABIS draft to conclude. Instead, draft-ietf-mediaman-6838bis will define its own community process instructions.
- Dependencies: The WG will take explicit dependencies on
8126bisand7120bisand align the text accordingly. - Reviewer's Checklist: The milestone to publish a reviewer's checklist is closed as completed using the existing IANA registry page.
- Queue Management: The milestone for future registration and queue management is retired, as the group will not define formal rules for GitHub-based tracking.
Action Items
- Mark Nottingham: Update draft-ietf-mediaman-6838bis by submitting a pull request to refine the community process text and align the draft's dependencies and relationships with
8126bisand7120bis. - Harald Alvestrand: Submit a request to the IESG to update the working group milestones.
Next Steps
- Once Mark Nottingham completes the updates and circulates them on the mailing list, Harald Alvestrand will initiate a new Working Group Last Call (WGLC) for draft-ietf-mediaman-6838bis.