Subject: WG ACTION: Web Elucidation of Internet-Related Developments (weird)

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 06:57:29 -0400

A new working group has been formed in the User Services Area of the
IETF. Please contact the chair or Area Director for additional
information.

Web Elucidation of Internet-Related Developments (weird)
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 Current Status: Proposed Working Group
 
 Chair(s):
     Christopher Burke <[email-masked]>
 
 User Services Area Director(s): 
     April Marine  <[email-masked]>
 
 User Services Area Advisor: 
     April Marine  <[email-masked]>
 
 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:[email-masked]
     To Subscribe:      [email-masked]
         In Body:       subscribe
     Archive:           http://www.imc.org/ietf-weird/
 
Description of Working Group:
 
The WEIRD working group will develop a set of web pages.  The
target audience is people new to the IETF and other Internet   
generalists. Content within the scope of the group includes:
current IETF WG and BOF activities, dependencies and
interrelationships among specific IETF WG and BOF activities, BOF
historical information, IAB / IESG / Secretariat issues and topics
of interest and their impact.

Content specifically out of scope includes: information
interpreting trends in Internet engineering and standards;
IETF-related information that is editorial in nature.

It is thought that by starting with concrete information of
general interest related to a topic the WG knows well (IETF
activities), the concept of doing web pages would be well-tested.
Future evaluations of the process could address the question of
re-examining the audience or content scope.

Web content will be developed in collaboration with the IETF
Secretariat using a mix of new material and material from existing
Web pages and FYI documents.  Information will be presented
in an online format suitable for the casual Internet user,
combining text and illustration.

In order to create a historic archive of the online data and to
make it more accessible to users who may have difficulty with
online access, the working group will capture at least one
snapshot of the web pages and publish it as an FYI RFC.
 
 Goals and Milestones: 
 
   May 99       Finalize outline for pages and prioritize sections             

   Jul 99       Formally solicit feedback regarding progress to date           

   Jul 99       Review progress, outline and prioritization of tasks and       

   Nov 99       Formally solicit feedback regarding progress to date           

   Nov 99       Review outline and prioritization of tasks and revise if 
                necessary                                                      

   Feb 00       Create hardcopy version and submit as Internet-Draft           

   Mar 00       Submit hardcopy version for RFC publication                    

   Jul 00       Review progress and make decision to disband or re-charter