[tap-l] Test Anything Protocol as an IETF draft/RFC

[Salve J Nilsen]

[Taking Harald off the Cc list]

Lisa Dusseault said:
> 
> Hi Salve,
>
[options]
>
> If you're looking to build a WG and build community awareness and 
> participation, I think TAP would be an excellent topic and I will 
> definitely help.

Great! Very much appreciated. Nice if you could assist with answering a 
few questions. :)


> The rough steps for forming a WG:
>
> - Create a mailing list under IETF contribution rules 
> (https://datatracker.ietf.org/list/request/)

We already have a dedicated mailinglist (<tap-l at testanyting.org>, with 
archives at <http://testanything.org/pipermail/tap-l/>.) In addition, 
there are still significant amounts of TAP-related discussions on the list 
where TAP originally was born (<perl-qa at perl.org>, with archives at 
<http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.qa/>.)

Do we have to break up the existing tap-l mailinglist and create one under 
the ietf.org domain, or is it enough to declare the list as an "RFC 
3978/4748 zone" where all members are required to accept the terms laid 
out in those documents?

What options do we have? (I can't imagine this is a new issue :)


> - Advertise the mailing list and the effort, and get participation -- 
> one might get people talking early about the proposals by publishing 
> them as Internet-Drafts and asking for input on the new list

That shouldn't be too difficult to do with the existing documentation...


> - Prepare a draft charter for a WG and discuss it on the new list

I'd love it if you could tell me more about this (legal requirements? 
purpose? content requirements?) and if there are any documents we should 
read on this topic.


> - Ask me for a BOF slot about 2 months in advance of the IETF meeting you 
> want to have the BOF at.

Is there a public calendar of meetings somewhere?

Actually, is there a list of documents that are useful to be familiar with 
when starting this process? (I've seen RFC 3978 and 3979 mentioned at 
least.) Any pointers would be appreciated.


- Salve

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