Michael Welzl, Jörg Ott, Colin Perkins, Safiqul Islam, and Dirk Kutscher
Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Negative Results in Pervasive Computing,
March 2023.
Protocol standards work is an interesting mixture of technical,
political, financial, and human factors. Standardization processes
require stamina as they may be lengthy, and they demand frustration
resistance as they may hold surprises at all stages. While this
certainly bears some similarity to academic endeavors, the need to
build broader consensus and the potential of far reaching industry
impact, among other factors, lead to different incentives and value
systems. Peer review perspectives may also differ notably. In this
paper, we discuss issues we came across in the past when trying to
develop and advance technologies in the IETF or push presumed solid
technology solutions towards standardization. We summarize our personal
perspectives on the lessons learned.
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