Re: [Terminology] Guidance for NIST Staff on Using Inclusive Language in Documentary Standards (NISTIR 8366)

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From: Andrew Campling <andrew.campling@419.consulting>
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>, "terminology@ietf.org" <terminology@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [Terminology] Guidance for NIST Staff on Using Inclusive Language in Documentary Standards (NISTIR 8366)
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On 29 April 2021 21:51, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 29 April 2021 21:17, Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> wrote:
>> I could _almost_ support just using this document, especially if it 
>> would get IETF out of the business of trying to write its own.   Then 
>> we could all just get back to work.

> Yes. The IESG could suggest to the RFC Editor team to add an informative reference to the NIST document to the style guide, and remind the IETF that Internet-Drafts should aim to adhere to the RFC style guide, and we're done.

> (Clearly NIST is not international in scope, and the IETF is, but since our shared working language is more or less American English, it seems
reasonable.)


+1 - even though the NIST document (https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2021/NIST.IR.8366.pdf) is clearly US-centric, section 4.1 would appear to me to address the issues that have surfaced in the discussions on the list.  

Andrew