*>
*> "Lee, Jiwoong" wrote:
*> [..]
*> > 2. A book refers to another Internet Draft.
*>
*> Books will cite material either for attribution (it is
*> important to many people to acknowledge the originators of
*> a technical idea or proposal) and/or for followup
*> reading. I-Ds are referenced in books to provide attribution,
*> and indirectly provide a title or filename upon which
*> readers can perform a websearch later (to see if the I-D
*> became an RFC or happens to be archived somewhere on the
*> net).
Since Internet Drafts are designed and announced to vanish after
6 months (they even carry their own expiration date!), referencing one
in a book seems to be tacityly admitting that the book will be
worthless after 6 months. Which, one suspects, is probably true
for most books that reference Internet Drafts.
Bob Braden
*>
*> cheers,
*> gja
*>
*>