[rfc-i] RFC Style guide

[Dave CROCKER]

On 1/29/2011 4:41 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
> On 27.01.2011 22:49, Bob Brade wrote:
>>
>>> It would force the author of the style guide to work within the
>>> constraints it defines. Aka: "eat your own dogfood".
...
> when I wrote this I wasn't thinking about the current style guide, but a new one
> that might get written. In the past years, I've seen some IETF material being
> published as Word, HTML, or PDF only.


It might help to have a general rule that distinguishes between what IETF 
information is ok to issue only on a web page, versus what information needs to 
be issued as an RFC.

(I'm not mention I-Ds, because those are only intended as a development tool and 
the point behind the rule I'm suggesting is to guide the longer-time choice of 
publication vehicle.)

Here's my start at the rule:

      If something is highly ephemeral or subject to frequent changes, it should 
be issued on a web page.  If something is more stable, and especially if it 
represents IETF "policy", it needs to be published as an RFC.

d/


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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
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