Re: [xml2rfc-dev] V3 breakage in formatting internet draft references

> On Oct 1, 2019, at 8:01 AM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> V3:
> 
>>   [Messaging]
>>              Fielding, R., Ed., Nottingham, M., Ed., and J. F. Reschke,
>>              Ed., "HTTP/1.1 Messaging", Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
>>              httpbis-messaging-05, July 2019,
>>              <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-messaging-
>>              99>.
> 
> V2:
> 
>>   [Messaging]
>>              Fielding, R., Ed., Nottingham, M., Ed., and J. Reschke,
>>              Ed., "HTTP/1.1 Messaging", draft-ietf-httpbis-messaging-
>>              05 (work in progress), July 2019.
> 
> Observations:
> 
> 1) author initials not restricted to one anymore (I'm open to change,
> but it should be properly documented)

That’s been in the draft style guide for a while.

"<t>The author's name (initial followed by family name) appears on the
first line of the heading.  Some variation, such as additional
initials or capitalization of family name, is acceptable.  Once the
author has selected how their name should appear, they should use
that display consistently in all of their documents.</t>"

> 
> 2) "Internet-Draft" is inserted

Yes.

> 
> 3) "(work in progress)" is missing

Bug.

> 
> 4) A URI on tools.ietf.org is inserted that I'd prefer not to have here.

Why not? I think having a URI makes a lot of sense.

> 
> Note: see <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7322#section-4.8.6.4> which
> suggests:
> 
>>      [SYMBOLIC-TAG]  Last name, First initial., Ed. (if applicable)
>>                      and First initial. Last name, Ed. (if
>>                      applicable), "I-D Title", Work in Progress,
>>                      draft-string-NN, Month Year.
>> 
>>     Example:
>> 
>>      [RFC-STYLE] Flanagan, H. and S. Ginoza, "RFC Style Guide",
>>                  Work in Progress, draft-flanagan-style-01,
>>                  June 2013.
> 
> 

Stay tuned. About to post an updated version.

-Heather

> Best regards, Julian
> 
> PS: reported as <https://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/xml2rfc/trac/ticket/436>
> 
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