This document is a great find Christopher! Thanks for bringing to everyone's attention. 

I've been aware of the document since about September 2020, but it hasn't received much attention in the ICANN community. 

One of the potential weaknesses of the document is Section 5, IANA Considerations ...

5.  IANA Considerations
   This document has no IANA actions.

Cheers
David

On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM lists--- via CPWG <cpwg@icann.org> wrote:

Good evening:

At last week’s CPWG meeting, I mentioned the existence of this document (10 pp). 

It can be found at: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8890

In general I find it is an admirable statement of intent on behalf of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), although it does not go into how its aspirations might be realised.

Thus it does not amount to a standard or a policy statement. In the words of the principal author (in an e-mail to myself):

<<RFC 8890 was an explanation of the IAB's thinking regarding how the IETF community should engage with other communities that its work affects. 

There were not concrete follow-on steps, beyond a continuing effort to refine how we engage. This has proven relevant especially in policy-adjacent efforts such as the AI Preferences Working Group.>>

For present purposes I suggest that we leave it at that, particularly in light of the ICANN and CPWG work loads for the coming months. 

However,  I do think that there is an overhanging question about how the user community engages with the identification, preparation and governance of the Internet Standards that are the RFCs.

Regards

Christopher Wilkinson

(Posted to CPWG mailing List, 2 September 2025)



On 27 Aug 2025, at 18:32, ICANN At-Large Staff via CPWG <cpwg@icann.org> wrote




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