RFC 7564 is a good example of a necessarily complex piece of work that required a long time to produce. Yet sometimes even simple things take time. Case in point: the specification of the 'acct' URI scheme, also published today as RFC 7565. In June of 2012 I split the definition of this scheme out from the WebFinger document so that it could stand on its own. Indeed, the 'acct' URI spec was approved for publication almost 2 years ago, but couldn't be published as an RFC until the PRECIS framework was published today as RFC 7564. Ah, the wonderful world of technology standardization...