RFC 6385 · INFORMATIONAL · 2011

General Area Review Team Experiences

Overview

RFC 6385, “General Area Review Team Experiences”, is an Informational document published in October 2011 by M. Barnes, A. Doria, H. Alvestrand, B. Carpenter. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The General Area Review Team (Gen-ART) has been doing reviews of Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) since 2004. This document discusses the experience and the lessons learned over the past 7 years of this process. The review team initially reviewed the I-Ds before each of the IESG telechats. Since late 2005, review team members have been assigned to review I-Ds during IETF Last Call, unless no IETF Last Call is necessary for the I-D. The same reviewer then reviews any updates when the I-D is placed on an IESG telechat agenda. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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