[rfc-i] BCP/STD references
cabo at tzi.org (Carsten Bormann) Tue, 01 March 2016 16:07 UTC
From: cabo at tzi.org (Carsten Bormann)
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 17:07:28 +0100
Subject: [rfc-i] BCP/STD references
Message-ID: <56D5BE40.5040309@tzi.org>
I just had a look at RFC 7749. This contains a reference:
[BCP13] Freed, N., Klensin, J., and T. Hansen, "Media Type
Specifications and Registration Procedures", BCP 13,
RFC 6838, January 2013,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/bcp13>.
bcp-index.txt says:
0013 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four:
Registration Procedures. N. Freed, J. Klensin, T. Hansen. December
2005. (Format: TXT=74243 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2048) (Also RFC4289,
RFC6838)
Hmm, different title. OK, RFC 4289 and RFC 6383. Let's see:
4289 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration
Procedures. N. Freed, J. Klensin. December 2005. (Format: TXT=21502
bytes) (Obsoletes RFC2048) (Also BCP0013) (Status: BEST CURRENT
PRACTICE) (DOI: 10.17487/RFC4289)
6838 Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures. N. Freed, J.
Klensin, T. Hansen. January 2013. (Format: TXT=72942 bytes)
(Obsoletes RFC4288) (Also BCP0013) (Status: BEST CURRENT PRACTICE)
(DOI: 10.17487/RFC6838)
So is this a reference to RFC 6383 only (then why is is labeled BCP13,
implying this is about the BCP as a whole) or to both? Section 4.8.6.3
of RFC 7322 tells me I need to put in all RFCs for a BCP or STD
reference. (Unfortunately, it doesn't really tell me how to handle,
say, STD9, which is one well-ripened standard and half a dozen "updates"
documents.) If this isn't done for the RFC editor's own documents, is
that maybe a hint that 4.8.6.3 isn't as practical as it needs to be? Or
is it just an artifact of old tooling?
Background for my question: I'd like to be able to do a {{?BCP0013}}
(i.e., add an informative reference to BCP13) in kramdown-rfc and have
that handled entirely automatically*). So far I have pushed this back
because I couldn't find a way to do this in RFCXMLv2. Now we'll get
<referencegroup>...
Gr??e, Carsten
*) There is also the question whether someone will maintain a references
library like the one for RFCs on xml2rfc.ietf.org. But one question at
a time. https://github.com/cabo/kramdown-rfc2629/issues/5
- [rfc-i] BCP/STD references Carsten Bormann
- [rfc-i] BCP/STD references Brian E Carpenter
- [rfc-i] BCP/STD references Alice Russo
- [rfc-i] BCP/STD references Carsten Bormann