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Re: [Rfcplusplus] Conversation as metaphor

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Thu, 12 July 2018 00:20 UTC

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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Rfcplusplus] Conversation as metaphor
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On 12/07/2018 12:04, S Moonesamy wrote:
<snip>

> reader is not interested in the review process.  One of the intrinsic 
> property of a RFC is availability.  Another property, if I can 
> describe it as such, is that a RFC may be viewed as authoritative.

But falsely so, according to the boilerplate in many RFCs. However,
I'm not sure this is different from academic articles: whether or
not they are authoritative depends on many factors, and each reader
has to make their own judgment. Being labelled "RFC", or being published
in "IEEE Transactions", is only a starting point.

    Brian

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