Re: [xml2rfc-dev] DOIs in <reference> inside <referencegroup>

[Heather Flanagan <[e-mail]>]

> On Jun 24, 2019, at 9:09 AM, Julian Reschke <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> On 24.06.2019 14:51, Heather Flanagan wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 7, 2019, at 3:00 AM, Julian Reschke <[e-mail]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi there,
>>> 
>>> I just noticed
>>> <https://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/xml2rfc/trac/changeset/3130>.
>>> 
>>> This seems to contradict the style guide
>>> (<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-flanagan-7322bis-03#section-4.8.6.3>)
>>> and also doesn't seem to make any sense to me.
>>> 
>>> What was the reason for this change?
>>> 
>>> Best regards, Julian
>>> 
>> 
>> Sorry for the delay!
>> 
>> The subseries collections don’t have DOIs; only individual RFCs do. If the reference is to a subseries set, then no DOI should be included.
>> 
>> -Heather
> 
> I understand that the *subseries* doesn't have a DOI.
> 
> But let's consider
> <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-flanagan-7322bis-03#section-4.8.6.3 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-flanagan-7322bis-03#section-4.8.6.3>>:
> 
>>   For an STD or BCP that contains two or more RFCs:
>> 
>>   [STDXXX]  Last name, First initial., Ed. (if applicable), "RFC
>>   Title", Stream, Sub-series number, RFC number, RFC DOI, Date of
>>   publication.
>> 
>>            Last name, First initial., Ed. (if applicable)
>>            and First initial. Last name, Ed. (if applicable),
>>            "RFC Title", Stream, Sub-series number, RFC number, RFC DOI,
>>            Date of publication.
>> 
>>            <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/std# <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/std#>>
> 
> I assume this was meant to display as:
> 
>>   For an STD or BCP that contains two or more RFCs:
>> 
>>   [STDXXX]  Last name, First initial., Ed. (if applicable), "RFC
>>             Title", Stream, Sub-series number, RFC number, RFC DOI, Date of
>>             publication.
>> 
>>             Last name, First initial., Ed. (if applicable)
>>             and First initial. Last name, Ed. (if applicable),
>>             "RFC Title", Stream, Sub-series number, RFC number, RFC DOI,
>>             Date of publication.
>> 
>>             <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/std# <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/std#>>
> 
> So where this says "RFC DOI" it refers to the DOI of the RFC that is
> part of the subseries, so this should stay, right?
> 
> 

I think that is more a mistake in the style guide more than the tool.

-Heather