Re: STD series of documents

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>>>>> "Bob" == Bob Braden <braden@ISI.EDU> writes:
    Bob> Good objective.  It is the purpose of the "Official Internet
    Bob> Protocol Standards" document, which is periodically published
    Bob> by the RFC Editor and exists as a living document online at:

    Bob> 	http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcxx00.html

    Bob> Note that STD numbers are only applied to specifications in the
    Bob> Standard category.  When people say "standards", they often
    Bob> mean specifications in the Proposed Standard or Draft Standard
    Bob> category.  Few specs make it to Standard, for a variety of
    Bob> real-world reasons.

  Yes, that's fine.
  The key thing is for the right thing to show up in an RFP.

  I have seen RFC1180 specified, when RFC791/792/793 was intended.
  Upon challenging this, a completely different RFC was
specified... (can't find that in my notes)

    Bob> Perhaps STD numbers should be applied all levels of the
    Bob> standards track (but before we did that, we would need to think
    Bob> carefully about the consequences).

  It might be worth doing this. Yes, some thought is necessary.

  One thing to consider, is having a web server which, when asked for:
      http://www.ietf.org/ref/rfc0791.txt

  redirects to:
      http://www.ietf.org/std/std005.txt

  The point being to change people's habits a little bit.

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