[rfc-i] RFC citations committee I-D issued

[Joe Touch]

Hi, Craig,

Nice doc. A few suggestions:


1)---
    4.  If a series name is required, it should be "Internet Requests for
        Comment".
That should read:
    4.  If a series name is required, it should be "Internet Requests for
        Comments".
(A single RFC is a Request for Comments; the series would be Requests 
for Comments)


2)---
Sec 4 seemed a bit odd to me. In specific, AFAICT:

a) standards-track docs already can (and do) cite IDs non-normatively

	this should be noted

b) it's not clear what kind of citation is now being allowed; this 
should be made more clear

	IMO, it is NEVER appropriate to cite an ID normatively

I.e., it's not at all clear to me what is now being allowed that hasn't 
been before, and (if so), why it should change. IMO, IDs can/should be 
cited for credit, but never for specific content detail, regardless of 
track.

3)---
    7.  While many modern Internet-Drafts are available from an IETF
        Secretariat tools web site even after expiration, normally the
This should be updated as:
    7.  While many modern Internet-Drafts are currently available
        from an IETF Secretariat tools web site even after expiration,
        normally the
I.e, it's not clear that the tools site is a good thing to refer to here 
in specific, except as a current example. (the location where that 
archive exists may change)

Joe

On 2/8/2011 1:26 PM, Craig Partridge wrote:
>
> [for those who'd like another topic of discussion on this list :-)]
>
> Hi folks:
>
> It has taken a while (and that's probably my fault), but the RFC citations
> committee has produced a set of recommendations for consideration and
> discussion.
>
> They've just been posted as an Internet-Draft:  draft-carpenter-rfc-citation-rec
> s-00.txt
>
> Most of the document seems (from my perspective) unlikely to provoke
> controversy.  The one area people may be surprised is we are recommending
> that people be permitted to cite Internet-Drafts in non-standards RFCs
> (standards documents cannot cite I-Ds per RFC 2026).
>
> The other change most likely to visible is the recommendation to include all
> of an authors initials on the front page and footers/headers of RFCs.
>
> Comments can be sent to the committee<rfc-citations at bbn.com>  or directly
> to me.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Craig
>
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