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Re: Question about Obsoleted vs. Historic

2005-07-11 00:07:45
I would assume historical reference.

On 7/10/05, john(_dot_)loughney(_at_)nokia(_dot_)com 
<john(_dot_)loughney(_at_)nokia(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hi,

I was wondering if someone could help me out on this one.  I was doing a bit
of analysis on the current RFC list, and noticed that some Draft Standard
documents are obsoleted.  For example:

 954 NICNAME/WHOIS. K. Harrenstien, M.K. Stahl, E.J. Feinler.
      Oct-01-1985. (Format: TXT=7397 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0812) (Obsoleted
      by RFC3912) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)

This really made me scratch my head. One would imagine if a protocol is 
obsoleted
by another, it would not be listed as a Draft Standard any longer.

What is the reason for continuing to list something obsolete as a Draft 
Standard?

John

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