Re: [xml2rfc] Multiple authors in reference

Glen Zorn <gwz@net-zen.net> Tue, 09 August 2011 12:53 UTC

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On 8/9/2011 3:07 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> 
> On Aug 8, 2011, at 11:07 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
> 
>>>> above five, the rfced's deal with the iesg is that the masthead
>>>> lists an editor and all the rest are in a Contributors or
>>>> Authors section
>>> I see.  So the author limit isn't really a "guideline" (as
>>> advertised) or even a rule, just a backroom "deal".
>> 
>> have you taken your meds today?
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-rfc-editor-rfc2223bis-08

Uh-huh, expired ~7 years ago.  A reasonable place to put this rule (if
you wanted to make it a rule) might have been RFC 5741 but it doesn't
seem to be there.

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