RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration
"Glen Zorn" <glenzorn@comcast.net> Thu, 29 May 2008 02:36 UTC
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From: Glen Zorn <glenzorn@comcast.net>
To: 'Ray Pelletier' <rpelletier@isoc.org>
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Subject: RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:34:18 +0700
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Ray Pelletier <rpelletier@isoc.org> writes: > 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. This idea doesn't seem harmful, at least, but I question the utility of making references to the RFC series "compact and globally unique" or making such references easier to construct. I suppose that someone somewhere has referenced the entire RFC series (as opposed to a small set of RFCs) but I've never actually seen it... > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > IETF mailing list > IETF@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
- ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Ray Pelletier
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration eburger
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Melinda Shore
- RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration David Harrington
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Randy Presuhn
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Pete Resnick
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Melinda Shore
- Re: [IAOC] ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Ray Pelletier
- Re: [IAOC] ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Pete Resnick
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Paul Hoffman
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Steve Crocker
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Stephane Bortzmeyer
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Dave Crocker
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration TS Glassey
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Melinda Shore
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Julian Reschke
- RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Eastlake III Donald-LDE008
- RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Dave Cridland
- RE: [IAOC] ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Richard Shockey
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Brian E Carpenter
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Melinda Shore
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John Levine
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Frank Ellermann
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Eric Rescorla
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Hallam-Baker, Phillip
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Brian E Carpenter
- RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Ed Juskevicius
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Bill Manning
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Bill Manning
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Tom.Petch
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Melinda Shore
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Henning Schulzrinne
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Marshall Eubanks
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Melinda Shore
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Steve Crocker
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Marshall Eubanks
- RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Ed Juskevicius
- RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Marshall Eubanks
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Bill Manning
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Nevil Brownlee
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Cullen Jennings
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Bob Braden
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Frank Ellermann
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration John C Klensin
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Marshall Eubanks
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Stephane Bortzmeyer
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Stephane Bortzmeyer
- RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Hallam-Baker, Phillip
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Marshall Eubanks
- RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Hallam-Baker, Phillip
- Re: [IAOC] ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Marshall Eubanks
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Marshall Eubanks
- Re: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Frank Ellermann
- RE: [IAOC] ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Eastlake III Donald-LDE008
- RE: ISSN for RFC Series under Consideration Glen Zorn