Re: Call for comment: <draft-iab-doi-04.txt> (Assigning Digital Object I

Eliot Lear <lear(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com> writes:

> > [BTW, as a (sort-of) side note, if you've read this document you're
> > aware that it not only contains a discussion of assigning DOIs
> > to RFCs but also contains a discussion of the use of DOIs within
> > RFCs, because assigning DOIs to our documents carries with it
> > the obligation to the issuing body to use DOIs within our own
> > documents.]
> Where in the document does it state any such obligation?  This sort of
> overstatement and misinformation is how we end up with a 100-message
> sillyThread® on this mailing list.
The document says:

4.4. Use of DOIs in RFCs

   The DOI agency requests that documents that are assigned DOIs in turn
   include DOIs when possible when referring to other organizations'
   documents.
...
   The RFC Style Guide will be updated to describe the rules for
   including DOIs in the References sections of RFCs.

This goes beyond the alleged scope of _assigning_ DOIs to RFCs, and this
change in IETF processes is not covered by the abstract or introduction
section in this draft, nor the announcement regarding this draft.

/Simon

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