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(todo) .... === sarcastic humor === Like any idea, each PICA proposal is expected to (more or less) go through the standard idea lifecycle: http://recentchanges.info/wp-content/Hype%20Cycle-tm.jpg ( from http://recentchanges.info/?p=67 ) * Initial proposal (on PotentialPicaProjects, right?) * Laughter and mocking, pointing out its impossibility * First implementation * Laughter and mocking, pointing out its impracticality * second implementation * tons of "helpful" suggestions for improvement, most of them based on misunderstanding or otherwise misguided * One person keeps insisting that a standard is needed. * flamewars persuade that person to (reluctantly) remove the controversial parts, and add popular compatibility barnacles. * the proposal narrowly passes the vote, and becomes a standard. * Accusations are made of improper voting. * Everyone claims their system implements the standard, while simultaneously claiming their system is "better" than other implementations. Too often, "better" in incompatible ways. === So who's gonna implement all these proposals? === This will happen just like it used to --- their supporters. However, with PICA, a good proposal will have more visibility, making it easier to gather supporters in the first place. === This process of proposing a new standard -- is there a standard for that? === You would not believe how many standards there are for proposing a new standard. Off the top of my head, a few such meta-standards include: * IPC ANSI Procedure: Official IPC process for developing and approving standards and specifications. http://www.ipc.org/ContentPage.aspx?Pageid=Standards * "ANSI Essential Requirements: Due process requirements for American National Standards," that govern the consensus development process. http://www.ansi.org/standards_activities/overview/overview.aspx * ISO: "Stages of the development of International Standards" http://www.iso.org/iso/standards_development/processes_and_procedures/stages_description.htm * RFC 2026: "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3" http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2026 * "A proposal for an alternative standards setting process" from Jakobs, K. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1018016 * IEEE New Initiative Process http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/initiatives/rsp.html * I hear that The Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) has several processes for developing a new standard. * ... * ... The PICA has a process that is more lightweight and informal than any of these groups.
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