[rfc-i] [xml2rfc] Fwd: Front-page authors versus authors...

[Bob Braden]

Paul,

IMHO, the criticisms of the RFC Editor contained in your message are 
(mostly) justified.

Bob Braden

At 08:47 AM 10/30/2008, Paul Hoffman wrote:
>At 6:56 AM -0800 10/30/08, Bob Braden wrote:
> >This discussion is based upon a fallacy, I am afraid.  What you are 
> calling th
> >"authors section" (there is no such thing) is really the "authors' 
> addresses"
> >section.  This has been discussed extensively in the past, and I believe 
> it is
> >well documented in 2223bis and on the RFC Editor web page under policies.
>
>Please note that 2223bis expired over four years ago.


Sorry, I should have been more accurate.  I was using "2223bis" as a 
shorthand for www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-editor/instructions2authors.html.


> >The RFC Editor believes that Jon, despite his general wisdom, misnamed
> >this section; it should be "Contact Information", as that is its 
> purpose.  The
> >only list of authors is on the top right of the front page.
>
>Then you should rename the section instead of leaving it mislabeled.
>
>The policies page has said "It is the RFC Editor's intent to change the 
>title of this section in the future to "Contact Information", after the 
>community has had time to digest and accept the change" for a very long 
>time. What has the RFC Editor done to bring this question to the 
>community? Or were you waiting for us to find this on the policies page 
>and start the discussion ourselves?
>
>Further, please note that the RFC Editor is not being consistent on their 
>own policies. For example, RFC 5339 doesn't have "Contributors" section, 
>it has a "Contributors' Addresses" section followed by an "Editors' 
>Addresses" section. RFC 5307 has a "Contributors" section that includes 
>addresses. If the RFC Editor was a bit more careful and consistent, it 
>would make it easier for the rest of us to know what to do.
>
>--Paul Hoffman, Director
>--VPN Consortium
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