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Stephen Mell (CV/ETL) wrote:
> There is now much H.248 documentation (such as
implementors guides and
> Package decsriptions that are fairly central to H.248)
that is only
> described in the ITU domain. Strictly speaking, all of
this would need
> revisiting to ensure that it conformed with IETF
minimalism.
> 
> I think a minimal IETF Protocol Profile would in itself
be confusing to
> beginners and also lead to new types of
interoperability problems when
> the inevitable happens:  ITU and IETF implementations
are commisioned to
> face each other in a network.
> 
> All the relevant ITU standards are now available
without subscription,
> so in my view, deprecating the IETF documents is the
sensible way
> forward.
> 
> Steve 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom-PT Taylor [mailto:taylornortel.com] 
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 14:51
> To: megacoietf.org
> Subject: [Megaco] Future of RFC 3525
> 
> RFC 3525 has now become a stumbling block to beginners,
since it is way
> behind the state of H.248 standardization. We should do
something about
> it. I see three
> possibilities:
> 
>   - change RFC 3525 status to Historic without doing
anything else. This
> would warn people to look at the ITU-T documentation
instead.
> 
>   - replace 3525 with a more up-to-date version. I'll
comment that I
> personally am not willing to bring H.248.1v3 to the
IETF because it has
> been diluted by optimizations. There is a standard
axiom in the IETF
> that if there is more than way to do something you have
an
> interoperability problem.
> 
>   - create an IETF-defined profile of the protocol,
starting with
> H.248.1v3 and getting consensus on aspects that should
be pruned out to
> leave a common core protocol.
> 
> Could I have an indication of interest in one option or
another? The
> default action if no response will be to change RFC
3525 from Proposed
> Standard to Historic.
> 
> Tom Taylor
> 
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