Re: 45th IETF WREC WG minutes

From: Joe Touch (touch@ISI.EDU)
Date: Wed Jul 21 1999 - 00:36:58 MDT


"Josh Cohen (Exchange)" wrote:

> To be clear, there is nothing proprietary about WPAD, it was designed
> from the ground up as a collaborative effort, and there are a fair number of
> implementations for its age.
>
> In my mind, these are the things which make open standards. As such,
> I would think that WPAD is standards track.

Since it isn't part of our charter, we can't do this yet.

If it were in our charter, there would have to be multiple
implementations, a detailed evaluation of the protocol, and
perhaps group-driven modifications before this would occur.

Joe



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