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Concluded WG Internet Accounting (acct)

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WG	Name	Internet Accounting
	Acronym	acct
	Area	Network Management Area (mgt)
	State	Concluded
	Charter	charter-ietf-acct-01 Approved
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Personnel	Chairs	Cynthia G. Mills, Dr. Greg R. Ruth
	Area Director	Deirdre C. Kostick
Mailing list	Address	accounting-wg@wugate.wustl.edu
	To subscribe	accounting-wg-request@wugate.wustl.edu
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Final Charter for Working Group

The Internet Accounting Working Group has the goal of producing
standards for the generation of accounting data within the Internet
that can be used to support a wide range of management and cost
allocation policies. The introduction of a common set of tools and
interpretations should ease the implementation of organizational
policies for Internet components and make them more equitable in a
multi-vendor environment.

In the following accounting model, this Working Group is primarily
concerned with defining standards for the Meter function and
recommending protocols for the Collector function. Individual
accounting applications (billing applications) and organizational
policies will not be addressed, although examples should be provided.

Meter $<$--$>$ Collector $<$--$>$ Application $<$--$>$ Policy

First, examine a wide range of existing and hypothetical policies to
understand what set of information is required to satisfy usage
reporting requirements. Next, evaluate existing mechanisms to generate
this information and define the specifications of each accounting
parameter to be generated. Determine the requirements for local storage
and how parameters may be aggregated. Recommend a data collection
protocol and internal formats for processing by accounting applications.

This will result in an Internet-Draft suitable for experimental
verification and implementation.

In parallel with the definition of the draft standard, develop a suite
of test scenarios to verify the model. Identify candidates for
prototyping and implementation.

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Milestones

Date	Milestone	Associated documents
Jan 1993	Submit the Accounting Meter MIB to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.
Jan 1993	Architecture document submitted to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard.

Done milestones

Date	Milestone	Associated documents
Done	Post the Accounting Meter MIB as an Internet-Draft.
Done	Architecture submission as Internet-Draft.
Done	Collection protocol recommendation.
Done	Internet Accounting Background final draft submitted to the IESG for consideration as an Informational RFC.
Done	Collection Protocols Working Papers written.
Done	Internet Accounting Background Working Draft written.
Done	Policy models examined.