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Re: [Tools-discuss] [rfc-i] what metric replaces page-count?

Richard Barnes <richard.barnes@gmail.com> Mon, 12 April 2021 14:56 UTC

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From: Richard Barnes <richard.barnes@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:55:46 -0400
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To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] [rfc-i] what metric replaces page-count?
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Lawyers and judges are happy to cite by section.  Time to move on from
tired, inaccurate metaphors.

https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/bluebook/citing-other

On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 4:50 PM Brian E Carpenter <
brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12-Apr-21 08:12, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> > On 2021-04-11, at 22:11, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Signed PGP part
> >>
> >> If RFCs won't be paginated, how will I know approximately how long a
> document is?
> >
> > Use the page count of the PDF then.
> > (This is less stable over time, as the rendering may change, but
> probably as useful as the existing page count.)
>
> Yes, my guess is that PDF will become the go-to version for people (such
> as lawyers and judges) who want page references for new-format RFCs.
>
>     Brian
>
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