Internet Accounting 2 (acct2)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 1996-04-08

 Current Status: Concluded Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Nevil Brownlee  <n.brownlee@auckland.ac.nz>
     Cyndi Mills  <cmills@gte.com>

 Operational Requirements Area Director(s):
     Scott Bradner  <sob@harvard.edu>
     Michael O'Dell  <mo@uu.net>

 Operational Requirements Area Advisor:
     Scott Bradner  <sob@harvard.edu>

 Mailing Lists: 
     General Discussion:accounting-wg@wugate.wustl.edu
     To Subscribe:      accounting-wg-request@wugate.wustl.edu
     Archive:           

Description of Working Group:

  The Internet Acounting Working Group had the goal of producing 
  standards for the collection of accounting data within the Internet
  to support a wide range of management and cost allocation policies.
  This Internet Accouting 2 Working Group (acct2) continues by
  publishing the Accounting Architecture and Accounting Meter MIB RFCs
  as quickly as possible.

  The 'accounting model' is a generalized model for accounting data,
  covering the adjacent, peer and transport layers for several network
  protocols (IP, IPX, EtherTalk, DECnet and CLNS).  This will be
  developed further to include the application layer.

  File formats for accounting data storage are also of interest.  
  Standardization of these would facilitate data exchange between 
  accounting and billing systems (e.g., telco systems.)   The working
  group will also produce a requirements document for the further use
  of accounting data.

  The RMON Working Group is also interested in monitoring traffic flows 
  between pairs of hosts, an activity which is already covered by the
  accounting meter MIB.  This group will consult with RMON on this
  topic.  Other working groups (such as NASREQ and AAC) are also
  interested in accounting issues; this group will consult with them to
  ensure that such issues are addressed in a consistent way.


 Goals and Milestones:

   Done         Publish Internet-Draft of accounting meter MIB. 

   SEP 94       Publish Internet-Draft of accounting architecture. 

   DEC 94       Meet at San Jose IETF and discuss file formats for 
                accounting data. 

   DEC 94       Submit accounting meter MIB to IESG for publication as a 
                Proposed Standard. 

   DEC 94       Submit accounting architecture Internet-Draft to IESG for 
                publication as an Informational RFC. 

   DEC 94       Meet at San Jose IETF to discuss information needed for 
                higher-layer accounting, and consider how best to extend 
                the Internet accounting model. 

   JAN 95       Publish Internet-Draft on file formats. 

   FEB 95       Publish Internet-Draft on an extended accounting model. 

   MAR 95       Meet at Danvers IETF to discuss requirements for further 
                use of accounting data. 

   APR 95       Publish 'Requirements for Further Use of Accounting Data' 
                as an Internet-Draft. 

   APR 95       Submit accounting file formats Internet-Draft to IESG as 
                Informational RFC. 

   AUG 95       Submit extended accounting model to IESG as an 
                Informational RFC. 

   AUG 95       Submit 'Requirements for Further Use of Accounting Data' to 
                IESG as an Information RFC. 


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  None to date.