[IPP] Recommended text for referencing STD 92: Internet Printing Protocol/1.1

[IPP] Recommended text for referencing STD 92: Internet Printing Protocol/1.1

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Sat Aug 25 03:05:57 UTC 2018


Smith,

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> On Aug 24, 2018, at 12:52 PM, Kennedy, Smith (Wireless & Standards Architect) <smith.kennedy at hp.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
>> On Aug 24, 2018, at 8:16 AM, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> Now that IPP/1.1 is an Internet Standard, we generally should just be referencing the collection of RFCs (8010 and 8011) and not the individual documents or sections within a specific RFC, for example:
>> 
>> The keyword attribute values defined in this document will be published by IANA according to the procedures in the Internet Printing Protocol/1.1 [STD92] in the following file:
>> 
>> The reference for STD 92 is just:
>> 
>> [STD92]    M. Sweet, I. McDonald, "Internet Printing Protocol/1.1", STD 92, June 2018, https://tools.ietf.org/html/std92
> 
> Should this also list RFC 8010 / 8011?

No, not for STD 92.
> 
>> 
>> If a general reference is ambiguous or not obvious, use the RFC reference form with a section reference, for example:
>> 
>> Most Authenticated User: The most authoritative user name for the current request as defined in section 9.3 of the Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Model and Semantics [RFC8011].
> 
> For this case, should [RFC8011] would a separate RFC 8011 reference be listed in the "References" section so that [RFC8011] unambiguously points to that?

Yes, this would have a separate RFC 8011 reference.
> 
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