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Re: [rfc-i] author/organization = "unaffiliated"?

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Wed, 06 November 2019 08:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rfc-i] author/organization = "unaffiliated"?
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On 06.11.2019 08:56, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> On Nov 6, 2019, at 06:57, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I recently saw a few cases where authors put in "unaffiliated" (or
>> something similar) as organization name.
>>
>> Is this something that the style guide should mention? Should it
>> recommend *not* to set anything here when there’s nothing to set?
>
> FWIW, I consider “Unaffiliated” to be a blemish on a document, and I would prefer to leave the slot open.
>
> But then, I’ve been through discussions with authors who really wanted something like this (“Consultant”? I don’t remember.) on their documents.  I think if, after explaining that “Unaffiliated” is both unnecessary and ugly, an author still wants that (*), we should respect that wish.
> ...

Yes.

If the author wants it there, it can go there (although it makes me
unhappy about the abused XML markup).

On the other hand, if it was put there because the author thought that
an organisation *needs* to be stated, we should discourage that. I think
the Style Guide would be the right place.

Speaking of which...
<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-flanagan-7322bis-04#section-4.1.2> says:

>    If an author cannot or will not provide an affiliation for any
>    reason, "Independent", "Individual Contributor", "Retired", or some
>    other term that appropriately describes the author's affiliation may
>    be used.  Alternatively, a blank line may be included in the document
>    header when no affiliation is provided.

So we have already text there; maybe it should just mention that not
specifying an affiliation is perfectly fine.

Best regards, Julian
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