In general, an implementation must be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior.
The Internet works because a lot of people cooperate to do things together.
I got involved when I was a graduate student at UCLA when UCLA was the first site on the net.
Be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior.
Group discussion is very valuable; group drafting is less productive.
Years ago when you?d go to a working group most of the people in the working group would be from universities. Now most of the people are from companies who are building internet products and care what the standards turn out to be.