This document defines the Global Network Engineering Communities (GNEC) Best Current Operational Practices Development Process (BCOP-DP). The GNEC BCOP-DP is the process by which all BCOPs authored by the community are developed by and for the GNEC.
BCOP-DPs are developed in an open and transparent manner by the GNEC. Anyone may participate in the process. The BCOP-DP described in this document defines how BCOPs are established from within the Global Network Engineering Community (GNEC).
Part I of this document provides background information regarding the GNEC BCOP-DP and Part II provides the details of the process.
Status: This document was ratified as a BCOP at the IPBCOP session of NANOG 54 on February 6, 2012.
Download:
- (Ratified version will be posted soon.)
Previous versions:
- Part 1: BCOP-DP_Part1-v0.5.3 (Microsoft Word)
- Part 2: BCOP-DP_Part2-v0.4.1 (Microsoft Word)
Comments about the documents are welcome and can be directed to the IP BCOP mailing list.