Hi,
The Trust has analyzed the advantages, and you included the advantages
in your post.
Has the Trust also analyzed any potential disadvantages? Can you tell
us those as well?
David Harrington
dbharrington(_at_)comcast(_dot_)net
ietfdbh(_at_)comcast(_dot_)net
dharrington(_at_)huawei(_dot_)com
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[mailto:wgchairs-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org] On Behalf Of Ray Pelletier
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:52 PM
To: IETF Discussion; IAOC; The IESG; RFC Editor; IAB; Working
Group Chairs
Subject: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration
The IETF Trust is considering applying to the U.S. Library of
Congress
to obtain an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) for the RFC
Series and would like community input to inform its decision.
The Trust
may take up this matter on June 11th.
An ISSN is applied to serials - print or non-print
publications issued
in parts. A serial is expected to continue indefinitely. Serials
include magazines, newspapers, annuals, journals, proceedings,
transactions of societies, and monographic series. Other
SDOs, such as
the IEEE, have obtained ISSNs for their publications. A single ISSN
uniquely identifies a title regardless of language or country
in which
published, without the burden of a complex bibliographic
description.
The ISSN itself has no significance other than the unique
identification
of a serial.
The Trust believes there are advantages to indentifying the
RFC Series
with an ISSN. Among them,
1. Make reference to the series compact and globally unique;
2. Make the series, and individual RFCs, easier to reference in some
contexts;
3. Results in accurate citing of serials by scholars, researchers,
abstracters, and librarians;
4. ISSN registrations are maintained in an international data
base and
are made available in the ISSN Register online
According to the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/issn/, for serials
available only in online versions, the ISSN should appear on
the title
screen or home page and/or in the masthead or other areas where
information about publisher, frequency, subscribing,
copyright, etc. is
given.
There is no cost associated with obtaining ISSNs.
Ray Pelletier
IAD
Trustee
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