AIIM Standards Program

Project Proposal

Submit completed project proposal to Betsy Fanning at bfanning@aiim.org or via FAX to 301-587-2711.

1.  Project Title	WebDAV Property Registration

2.  Project Introduction

The WebDAV specification, IETF RFC 2518 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2518.txt), provides a mechanism for the open-ended, decentralized introduction of properties using XML and XML namespaces.

There is no defined mechanism for registering and interchanging the definitions of properties so that participants in WebDAV-based document creation, access, and interchange may comprehend and honor the definitions of properties associated with WebDAV resources (e.g., documents).

2.  Scope Statement or abstract

From the IETF WebDAV Working Group Charter (http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/webdav-charter.html):

Deliverable 6. A Property Registry, describing a process for registering WebDAV properties, and the contents of each registry item. [Informational] 

The property registry document is new work.

Objectives
•	Agreement on requirements for WebDAV Property Registration.
•	Identify and review the WebDAV property model and the provisions incorporated in that model for interoperable discovery and usage of properties and of property descriptions.
•	Identify and review existing and proposed mechanisms for metadata registration and interchange
•	Develop and edit Internet Draft for WebDAV Property Registration
•	Operate consensus process to establish Internet RFC for WebDAV Property Registration on the IETF Standards Track.

3.  Need Statement

	a.  What is the audience that the document is being targeted toward?

	b.  What benefit will the target audience realize as a result of this document?

	c.  What are the general benefits of this document?

4.  Commercial (potential) impact or Market Relevance

a.  Will commercial products need to be modified or developed in order for the standard or TR to provide proposed benefits?

b.  Are current product providers identified and available to participate in developing the standard or TR?

c.  Are there any de facto standards available for the same purpose?  If so, please identify.

5.  Coordination

The project will be conducted as a sub-group of the IETF WebDAV Working Group, with all IETF requirements for conduct of standards work honored (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2026.txt).

6.  Resources

Spring 2001 - 50th IETF
        March 18-23, 2001
        Minneapolis, MN
        Host: Lucent Technologies

Summer 2001 - 51st IETF
	August 5-10, 2001
	London, England
	Host: British Telecom

Fall 2001 - 52nd IETF - TENTATIVE
        December 9-14, 2001
        Salt Lake City, Utah
        Host: Novell

7.  Project Proposed Timeline

Mar 2001 
Submit initial WebDAV properties registry document as Internet-Draft. 
May 2001 
Submit revised WebDAV properties registry document as Internet-Draft. Begin working group last call for comments. 
June 2001 
Submit revised WebDAV properties registry document as Internet-Draft. Submit to IESG for approval as Informational RFC. 

8.  Proposer Contact Information

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