[Ltru] Re: [ietf-provreg] Small bibliography error in RFC 4930

Sorry; replied before getting through my mail.

RFC Editor/ah

On Jun 18, 2007, at 5:39 AM, Hollenbeck, Scott wrote:

> After a private exchange with Randy Presuhn of the LTRU working  
> group I
> realized it might be helpful if I provide more info to explain why  
> 4930
> references 3066 instead of 4646.  First, let me confirm that this  
> wasn't
> an oversight.  It was a conscious decision made with the  
> concurrence of
> the IESG as we looked at the normative references and the standards
> track status of those references.  Rationale:
>
> 1. 4930 is the draft standard version of 3730, updated to document
> implementation experience with 3730.  3730 references 3066.  The first
> drafts of what would become 4930 referenced 3066 before 4646 was
> approved and published.  Implementers of 3730 and 4930 wrote code per
> 3066.
>
> 2. 3730 and 4930 include a language tag reference because language  
> tags
> are used within XML Schema elements.  The October 2004 edition of the
> normative XML Schema datatypes reference cites 3066:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#language
>
> Consistency was thus thought to be a good thing.  If this were new  
> work
> I'd agree that 4646 would be the more appropriate reference, but that
> would also depend on the XML specifications picking up 4646 as well.
>
> -Scott-
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se
>> [mailto:owner-ietf-provreg@cafax.se] On Behalf Of Stephane Bortzmeyer
>> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 3:27 PM
>> To: rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org
>> Cc: bortzmeyer@nic.fr; ietf-provreg@cafax.se; ltru@lists.ietf.org
>> Subject: [ietf-provreg] Small bibliography error in RFC 4930
>>
>> RFC 4930 has several normative references to RFC 3066.
>>
>> RFC 4930 has been approved by the IESG in January 2007 and published
>> in May 2007.
>>
>> RFC 3066 have been obsoleted by RFC 4646 in September 2006, several
>> months before.
>>

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