Re: [Geopriv] RE: [Ecrit] NENA

On Mar 15, 2007, at 10:49 AM, Abbott, Nadine B wrote:

> The NENA WG worked to provide requirements and to feed these
> requirements into the IETF Geopriv process, and it seems to me that
> many IETF Geopriv members have exerted considerable effort to
> consider how to include those requirements.
> Many of those requirements were in fact, quite aligned with the
> related Long-Term Definition requirements provided to ECRIT.
>
> Further, the NENA WG then has tried to stay aware of what is going
> on in many industry forums in the expectation of identifying and
> recommending standard solutions that would meet those requirements,
> and in the hope of promoting widespread implementation of location-
> related capabilities. This is an ongoing work effort.

I'm currently sitting in a NENA NG Partner Program meeting in
Arlington, VA. One of the presentations was a list of the SDOs that
NENA has reached out to, with the IETF left off the list. When
questioned about that, the response was (summarizing) "Working with
the IETF is a given. We work with them every day."

I think some of the frustration around the requirements has been
that, from the perspective of many IETF'ers, the requirements from
NENA have been thrown over the wall, they are done as far as NENA is
concerned, and that the IETF has no right to question them. I do not
believe that was the intent, because I know many NENA active
participants have been active in GEOPRIV and ECRIT. From the other
perspective, I'm sure NENA participants see the IETF reacting badly.

In the future, both organizations should strive to work together
during the requirements development. I personally I have casually
pursued getting the IETF to have an official liaison to NENA, but the
IAB has not exactly been receptive of the idea. I think it is time
that the ECRIT and GEOPRIV co-chairs push harder on the IAB to
establish an official relationship if NENA is willing to allow it.

-andy

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Received on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:21:22 -0400