Re: [Tools-discuss] Changes in 'https://datatracker.ietf.org/person/Michael%20Richardson'

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Thu, 27 May 2021 16:58 UTC

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> On 2021-05-27, at 17:42, Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> wrote:
> 
> Signed PGP part
> 
> Hi, so RFC8995 just go published, and so my profile page was updated.
> I was surprised to see:
> 
> +    rfc8995 May 2021 Bootstrapping Remote Secure Key Infrastructure (BRSKI)
> +    Cited by 13 RFCs
> 
> 13? Already? Since Friday? WOW.
> Surely, that's not correct.

It actually is.  Works as designed.
And congrats to the widely cited RFC.

> Some of the citations are informative references from existing RFCs to the ID.
> The DT maps that through to the RFC... okay.

Indeed.

> I wonder if that should be split up as normative references (from RFCs),
> informative references (from RFCs), and references from IDs?

Well, the number 13 only includes RFCs, so the split from I-Ds citing the RFC is already done.

I agree that splitting normative from informative references would be a nice new feature.

Grüße, Carsten