Subject: WG Action: Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (beep)

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 07:58:19 -0400

A new working group has been formed in the Applications Area of the IETF.
For additional information, contact the Area Directors
or the WG Chair.

Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (beep)
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 Current Status: Active Working Group
 
 Chair(s):
     Keith McCloghrie <[email-masked]>
 
 Applications Area Director(s): 
     Ned Freed  <[email-masked]>
     Patrik Faltstrom  <[email-masked]>
 
 Applications Area Advisor: 
     Ned Freed  <[email-masked]>
 
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Description of Working Group:
 
The IETF BEEP working group shall develop a standards-track application
protocol framework for connection-oriented, asynchronous 
request/response interactions.

The framework must permit multiplexing of independent request/response
streams over a single transport conneciton, supporting both textual and
binary messages.

The working group will use BXXP (as described in 
draft-mrose-bxxp-framework and draft-mrose-bxxp-tcpmapping) as its 
starting point.  Although not encouraged, non-backwards-compatible 
changes to BXXP will be acceptable if the working group determines that 
the changes are required to meet the group's technical objectives and 
the group clearly documents the reasons for making them.
 
 Goals and Milestones: 
 
   Jul 00       Prepare updated specification reflecting issues and solutions 
                identified by the working group                                

   Aug 00       Discuss and revise Internet-Draft at the Pittsburgh IETF       

   Jan 01       Submit revised specification to the IESG for consideration as a
                standards-track publication.