Application Configuration Access Protocol (acap) ------------------------------------------------ Charter Last Modified: 2004-03-15 Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): Chris Newman Matt Wall Applications Area Director(s): Ted Hardie Scott Hollenbeck Applications Area Advisor: Scott Hollenbeck Mailing Lists: General Discussion:ietf-acap+@andrew.cmu.edu To Subscribe: majordomo@lists.andrew.cmu.edu In Body: subscribe ietf-acap Archive: anonymous IMAP: cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu:archive.ietf-acap Description of Working Group: The goal of this working group is to define, specify, and develop the Application Configuration Access Protocol as a general access mechanism for per-user and per-server structured lists of information. In addition, the Working Group will specify how to use the protocol to store specific structured lists, initially application configuration options and addressbooks. The Application Configuration Access Protocol is a proposed solution to the problems of client configuration for users of the internet. Given the increasing prevalence of network access points and rapidly increasing numbers of users with diverse needs and settings, there is a phenomenon of internet application users who typically connect from more than one physical location and/or operating system to use the same set of internet services and applications. These users must recreate sets of personal configuration information for each system, session, and location that they use. This may include information such as application options and preferences; personal or shared user data such as addressbooks, bookmarks, or subscription lists; or shared data for internal client use, such as authorization group lists. The products of this working group will be: * a formal specification for the protocol * formal specifications of datasets used by the protocol and related extensions to the protocol * an RFC intended to move to a Standard in a timely manner * a specification for extensibility of the protocol in the form of a framework document * additional informational and/or experimental RFCs as necessary to amplify and/or extend ACAP. Note on goals and milestones: because the work of the ACAP WG is based on the previous work done on IMSP, there is justification for a somewhat more aggressive schedule than is customary. Goals and Milestones: Done Submission of 'ACAP vs. Other Protocols' Informational Document for discussion Done Submission of revised proposed WG charter to area directors Done Submission of 'ACAP vs. Other Protocols' as Internet Draft Done Second internet-draft of ACAP protocol specification Done working group meeting at San Jose IETF Done Working implementations of client and server library Done Additional dataset specifications defined as directed by WG. Done Final internet-draft of ACAP protocol submitted to IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard Done Meet at Munich IETF. Discussion to include language-based orderings. Done Submit remaining dataset class definitions I-D to IESG for considertation as a Proposed Standard. Dec 00 Submit Final drafts of options, personal addressbook and mediatype dataset classes Feb 01 Proposed standard recycle of ACAP base spec with bugfixes and possible change to mandatory-to-implement auth mechanism May 01 Conclude WG. Internet-Drafts: Posted Revised I-D Title ------ ------- -------------------------------------------- Jul 97 Dec 02 ACAP Application Options Dataset Class Mar 98 Mar 03 ACAP Email Personality Dataset Class Request For Comments: RFC Stat Published Title ------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------ RFC2244 PS Dec 97 ACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol RFC2245 PS Dec 97 Anonymous SASL Mechanism