Re: request to register "cite-as" relation type

Hi Herbert,

That looks good. Are you planning to publish this as Informational through the Independent Submission Editor, or get it sponsored by a WG or AD

Cheers,

> On 10 Oct 2017, at 8:59 am, Herbert Van de Sompel <hvdsomp@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear
> 
> I would like to register the following relation type:
> 
> * Relation Name: cite-as 
> 
> * Description: A link with the "cite-as" relation type indicates that the link target is preferred over the link context for the purpose of referencing.
> 
> * Reference: Van de Sompel, H., Nelson, M.L., Bilder, G., Kunze, J., and Warner, S. (August 2017) cite-as: A Link Relation to Convey a Preferred URI for Referencing. https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-vandesompel-citeas/
> 
> This request to register "cite-as" is the result of a prior attempt to register "identifier". Significant concerns were voiced regarding "identifier" and, as a result, the co-authors of the I-D decided to settle on "cite-as", which was proposed during the discussions of "identifier".
> 
> The request to register "cite-as" on the basis of ID-00 is motivated by ongoing adoption of various patterns for using link relation types in scholarly communication, see http://signposting.org. As soon as "cite-as" is registered:
> 
> - Existing implementations will be asked to change their use of "identifier" to "cite-as"
> 
> - Documentation will be updated to reflect the change from "identifier" to "cite-as" at http://signposting.org/identifier/
> 
> Greetings
> 
> Herbert Van de Sompel
> 
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