prop-061-v002: 32-bit ASNs for documentation purposes

Proposal text
Synopsis	This document discusses the requirement to reserve 32-bit ASNs for the sole purpose of assisting the creation of Internet related documentation.
Current status	Reached consensus at APNIC 26. Eight-week final call for comments has ended, but any further action has been put on hold by the Policy SIG Chairs pending the publication of an RFC on the topic.
Authors	Philip Smith, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Tomoya Yoshida
Relevant forum	Policy SIG
Most recent version	prop-061-v002
Previous versions	prop-061-v001
Status at other RIRs	N/A

Proposal history

Timeline	Activity
22 July 2008	Submitted to the Policy SIG mailing list for discussion.
28 August 2008	Reached consensus at the Policy SIG at APNIC 26 in Christchurch, New Zealand with the following amendment: APNIC to assign a small number of AS numbers from both the 16-bit and 32-bit AS number pools for documentation purposes
29 August 2008	Version 2, containing the consensus elements of the proposal from the discussions at the APNIC 26 Policy SIG, submitted to the Policy SIG mailing list.
29 August - 24 October 2008	Eight-week call for final comments. Mailing list announcement
27 October 2008	Policy SIG Chair formally announce that the Chairs will take no further action on the proposal, pending the publication of an RFC regarding a documentation block of AS numbers. Mailing list announcement

IETF activity

Internet Draft	draft-ietf-idr-as-documentation-reservation
Current status	In the RFC Editor queue. The following step in the process is the publication of an RFC.
Internet Draft author	Geoff Huston

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