Re: [Model-t] [e-mail] list description

[Joseph Lorenzo Hall <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 10:34 Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>
> Hiya,
>
> On 01/08/2019 16:28, Michael Richardson wrote:
> > On 2019-07-29 4:44 p.m., Stephen Farrell wrote:
> >>
> >> Hiya,
> >>
> >> This is mostly to start to populate the archive but the list
> >> description for this list is:
> >>
> >> "The model-t list is for discussions of changes in Internet
> >
> > I notice the repeated capital-I Internet.
>
> Habit more than anything in my case at least. I wouldn't read
> too much into it.


I remember recently writing "internet" into a draft and was taught that RFC
4949 says the following (while emphasizing that it's not official IETF
position or anything)... I realize this is a small thing but would love to
know if there are other authorities here:

   $ internet, Internet
      1. (I) /not capitalized/ Abbreviation of "internetwork".

      2. (I) /capitalized/ The Internet is the single, interconnected,
      worldwide system of commercial, governmental, educational, and
      other computer networks that share (a) the protocol suite
      specified by the IAB (RFC 2026
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2026>) and (b) the name and address
      spaces managed by the ICANN. (See: Internet Layer, Internet
      Protocol Suite.)

      Usage: Use with definite article ("the") when using as a noun. For
      example, say "My LAN is small, but the Internet is large." Don't
      say "My LAN is small, but Internet is large."


https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4949

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