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 +====== Proposed Content for Front and Back Matter ======
 +
 +The RFC format has important information for referencing the RFC in the frontmatter and backmatter.
 +
 +That information is:
 +
 +  * RFC number
 +  * RFC stream name
 +  * Month and year of publication
 +  * Document title
 +  * Document abstract
 +  * Document status
 +  * Copyright notice and terms
 +  * RFC series ISSN
 +  * Information for each author/editor
 +    * Initials and family name
 +    * Full name
 +    * Email address
 +    * Optional postal address
 +    * Optional URL
 +    * Optional telephone number
 +
 +===== Current Presentation =====
 +
 +An example of the current format (with some collapsing) is:
 +
 +<code>
 +Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                         R. Sparks
 +Request for Comments: 7017                                        Oracle
 +Category: Informational                                      August 2013
 +ISSN: 2070-1721
 +                IMAP Access to IETF Email List Archives
 +Abstract
 +   The IETF makes heavy use of email lists to conduct its work.  This ...
 +
 +Status of This Memo
 +   This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
 +   published for informational purposes.
 +   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force ...
 +   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
 +   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
 +   http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7017.
 +
 +Copyright Notice
 +   Copyright (c) 2013 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the
 +   document authors.  All rights reserved.
 +   This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal ...
 +
 +. . . . .  Body of the document . . . . . 
 +
 +Author's Address
 +   Robert Sparks
 +   Oracle
 +   17210 Campbell Road
 +   Suite 250
 +   Dallas, Texas  75254-4203
 +   USA
 +
 +   EMail: rjsparks@nostrum.com
 +</code>
 +
 +===== Proposed Presentation =====
 +
 +<code>
 +                            RFC 7017
 +                IMAP Access to IETF Email List Archives
 +                          Robert Sparks
 +Abstract
 +   *** Same as current ***
 +Status of this Document
 +   This is an Informational RFC from the Internet Engineering Task Force stream.
 +   *** Same as current ***
 +Citation for this Document
 +   RFC 7017, Sparks, R., "IMAP Access to IETF Email List Archives", August 2013.
 +   The ISSN for the RFC Series is 2070-1721.
 +Copyright Notice
 +   *** Same as current ***
 +
 +. . . . .  Body of the document . . . . . 
 +
 +Author's Address
 +   Robert Sparks
 +   rjsparks@nostrum.com
 +   Oracle
 +   17210 Campbell Road
 +   Suite 250
 +   Dallas, Texas  75254-4203
 +   USA
 +</code>
  
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