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Re: [rfc-i] archiving outlinks in RFCs

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Tue, 02 May 2023 23:35 UTC

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To: Alexis Rossi <rsce@rfc-editor.org>, RFC Interest <rfc-interest@rfc-editor.org>
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Subject: Re: [rfc-i] archiving outlinks in RFCs
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Alexis Rossi <rsce@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
    > Trying to steer clear of implementation details, I think these are the
    > goals from our discussion:

I'm with you.

    > - Update authors.ietf.org [1] and Web Portion of the Style Guide [2] to
    > provide guidance on choosing live vs archived URLs.  Suggested text:
    > “For URL references, consider whether the resource contains “live”
    > information that updates over time, or whether you are referencing
    > information that should not change. For live information we recommend
    > that you use the live URL in your reference.  For URLs where the

I'm unclear how one could really ever cite a "live URL", or maybe I don't see
the point.   It seems that we might want the result to be something like:

    <a href="https://archive.org/blah.example/page01">https://blah.example/page01</a>

with appropriate adjustments for references and the like in the .txt version.

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