Network Working Group C. Huitema Internet Draft IAB Expiration Date: November 1994 May 1994 Draft Memorandum of Understanding Between the Internet Society and ISO/IEC JTC-1/SC6 draft-iab-mou2jtc1-01.txt Status of this Memo This document is an Internet Draft, issued by the Internet Architec- ture Board (IAB). This document is an Internet-Draft. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet- Drafts as refer- ence material or to cite them other than as ``work in progress.'' To learn the current status of any Internet-Draft, please check the ``1id-abstracts.txt'' listing contained in the Internet- Drafts Sha- dow Directories on ds.internic.net (US East Coast), nic.nordu.net (Europe), ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast), or munnari.oz.au (Pacific Rim). Abstract The IAB has been working toward establishing a liaison relationship between the Internet Society and ISO/JTC-1. A liaison with ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6 has been offered, and there have been indications that liaisons with any of the other SCs will be granted without problems [Huitema] [Page 1] Internet Draft liaison with JTC-1/SC6 May 1994 as needed. Further progress is subject to the preparation and approval of a "memorandum of understanding" (MOU) between the two organizations. The present document is a prototype of an MOU. It stresses the main points of agreement: mutual recognition of standards, information on work programs, information sharing and possible collaborative efforts. In line with JTC1 decisions, this draft MOU covers liaison with SC6. The Internet Society looks forward to establishing similar liaisons with other appropriate JTC1 subcommittees in the near future and expects to use the same MOU for all such liaisons This version is a draft. It will have to be reviewed by the members of the Internet community and discussed with ISO/IEC JTC1. 1. Mutual Recognition of Standards Both organizations create and publish standards documents for net- work protocols and services. They agree that: (1) It is often desirable to quote the other's organization work, e.g. for establishing standards relating to these external specifications. (2) That the proper way to quote this work is by straight recogni- tion of the other's organization work, so that they can be for- mally identified by their original references. (3) That the maintenance responsibility for respective standards should be retained by the originator. [Huitema] [Page 2] Internet Draft liaison with JTC-1/SC6 May 1994 2. Information on work programs Each organization agrees to inform the other of its work program. For the Internet Society this will be done by sending to the ISO/IEC JTC-1/SC6 designated point of contact, every six months, a complete list of the IETF working groups, including for each of them its name, its description, its goals and its expected achievements, as well as list of RFCs and drafts relevant to that working group since the last reporting period and the milestones met since last report- ing period. For ISO/IEC JTC-1/SC6 this will be done by <>. 3. Information sharing Each organization will inform the other of its publications. * For the Internet Society, this will be accomplished by sending every six months to the ISO/JTC-1/SC6 designated point of con- tact a list of all the recently published RFCs, together with their status in the IETF standardization process. This list is regularly published in the Internet Society News which is the publication of record for IETF standards work. * For ISO/IEC JTC-1/SC6 this will be done by <>. Both groups will keep as much of their respective technical material on line and accessible as possible. * For the Internet Society, this will be accomplished by placing all Internet Drafts and Request for Comments in online document servers [file servers] that can be anonymously accessed through the Internet. [Huitema] [Page 3] Internet Draft liaison with JTC-1/SC6 May 1994 * For ISO/IEC JTC-1/SC6 this will be done by <>. 4. Collaborative efforts The working groups of both organizations may in some cases hold joint meetings for purposes of technical discussions. Outputs of such meetings should be injected back into the processes of both organizations. The organizations may hold informal joint meetings to look towards the future requirements for data networking. The results should be shared with interested working parties in both organizations. The results of the working group meetings can be published by both organizations. The Internet Society, in particular, will normally publish these results through its normal communication channels, i.e. either as "internet drafts" or as "RFCs". [Huitema] [Page 4]