The following was passed by Working Group 802.1 in its closing plenary,
November, 1995:

Resolve that:

    802.1 requests its Secretariat to prepare and submit a PAR for
    P802.1Q "Standard for Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks" with
    the following Scope (Attachment A) and Purpose (Attachment B).

    802.1 further approves the interpretations of these Scope and
    Purpose clauses contained in Attachment C for future reference
    in Working Group discussion.


Attachment A:  Scope of Proposed Project:

    To develop an architecture and bridge ([1]) protocols for the
    logical partitioning of a Bridged Local Area Network ([1], [2],
    [3]) that provides separate instances of the MAC service ([4])
    to administratively defined groups of users, independent of
    physical location.  The architecture and protocols will be
    compatible and interoperable with existing Bridged Local Area
    Network equipment and will support a range of implementations.

    To define basic management of the groups.

    This project will not include explicit consideration or development
    of multiple active paths within a VLAN, enhanced quality of service,
    or security facilities.  However it will not preclude their
    eventual development except as restricted by ([1]).

    [1] ISO/IEC 10038, ANSI/IEEE Std. 802.1D Media Access Control (MAC)
        Bridges
    [2] ANSI/IEEE Std. 802.1D Annex C
    [3] P802.1G
    [4] ISO/IEC 15802-1, ISO/IEC 10039 MAC Service Definition


Attachment B:  Purpose of Proposed Project:

    The set of technologies known as Virtual LANs provide the equivalent
    of separate LANs over a single bridged LAN.  Despite user demand
    there is currently no interoperability between different vendors,
    nor a coherent management framework for different techniques.  This
    Standard will provide an architecture, protocols, and mappings for
    bridges to provide that interoperability and consistent management.


Attachment C:  Interpretations

    In Scope -

        "Users" includes the notion of different protocols in the same
        endstation using different VLANs.

        "Administratively defined" includes a wide range of user
        administrative choices from equipment purchase, through policy
        setting, static configuration, in-band and out of band management,
        and automatic configuration guided by policy choice.

        Logical partitioning of a Bridged Local Area Network by VLAN
        mechanisms may be an appropriate element in a comprehensive system
        of user security.  However, an explicit orientation of VLAN to
        security may conflict with primary goals of ease of use, and would
        be a significant addition to the scope of this project.  Further
        work in this area may take place under a separate PAR at an
        appropriate time.

        Consideration and accommodation of bridging techniques based on
        802.1D (e.g., 802.5r Annex K) is within the scope of this PAR.

        "Compatible and interoperable" includes the idea that new bridges
        implementing 802.1Q can be intermixed with existing 802.1D bridges
        in configurations with require the latter to forward but not
        interpret VLAN information.

        "Multiple active paths within a VLAN" means multiple active paths
        between the same two users.