Date: 2005-03-08 23:17
From: Doug Barton <doug(_dot_)barton(_at_)icann(_dot_)org>
I read the post you referenced above, as well as the followups from Ned and
Scott, and I have nothing to add to their explanations. I think that they
have accurately described the situation at hand.
[...]
As has been explained to you, those references are simply placeholders that
will be replaced with the real RFC reference when it's published by the RFC
Editor. That said, the IANA staff is always interested in improving its
service to the community, so if you have suggestions as to how those types
of references can be improved, we are happy to listen to them. Such
suggestions could be discussed here if the community agrees it's
appropriate, or sent to iana(_at_)iana(_dot_)org at any time.
The issue is not the appearance of registrations prior to final
publication of an RFC, but rather the usability of the references
in the registry. I have heard that there is a plan to use the
IETF Secretariat's I-D Database lookup feature to improve those
references; that sounds like an improvement.
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