Re: Last Call: <draft-leiba-cotton-iana-5226bis-12.txt> (Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs) to Best Current Practice

[Barry Leiba <[e-mail]>]

OK, I have new text to propose for the paragraph in question (sorry:
it makes it a bit longer) as a result of this discussion.  Thanks,
everyone, for putting in your comments.

Stephen, and all, how does this work?:

NEW
   If information for registered items has been or is being moved to
   other documents, then the registration information should be changed
   to point to those other documents. In most cases, documentation
   references should not be left pointing to the obsoleted document
   for registries or registered items that are still in current use.
   For registries or registered items that are no longer in current
   use, it will usually make sense to leave the references pointing
   to the old document -- the last current reference for the obsolete
   items.  The main point is to make sure that the reference pointers
   are as useful and current as is reasonable, and authors should
   consider that as they write the IANA Considerations for the new
   document.  As always: do the right thing, and there is flexibility
   to allow for that.
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Barry