This charter is a snapshot of the 42nd IETF Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Since that time there has been no official update published despite the rapid growth in Usenet and other networks that use the RFC 1036 article format. Currently a combination of this and RFC 1036 are regarded as the de-facto standard. At the present time an urgent need has been identified to formalize and document many of the current and proposed extensions to the Usenet Article format.
Many extensions are only vaguely documented and have competing and overlapping alternatives.
Currently a combination of this and RFC 1036 are regarded as the de-facto standard. At the present time an urgent need has been identified to formalize and document many of the current and proposed extensions to the Usenet Article format. Many extensions are only vaguely documented and have competing and overlapping alternatives. The Goal of this working group is to publish a standards-track successor to RFC 1036 that with particular attention to backward compatibility, formalizes best current practice and best proposed practice. Publish a standards-track successor to RFC 1036 that formalizes best current practice and best proposed practice.