Hi folks,
I am back. Here yet another document on how to write IETF standrads.
Carl-Uno
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>To: IETF-Announce:;
>Cc: stdguide at midnight.com>From: Internet-Drafts at ietf.org>Reply-to: Internet-Drafts at ietf.org>Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-stdguide-ops-07.txt
>Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 06:41:04 PDT
>Sender: cclark at CNRI.Reston.VA.US>>A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.
>This draft is a work item of the Guide for Internet Standards Writers
Working Group
>of the IETF.
>> Title : Guide for Internet Standards Writers
> Author(s) : G. Scott
> Filename : draft-ietf-stdguide-ops-07.txt
> Pages : 20
> Date : 20-May-98
>> This document is a guide for Internet standard writers. It defines
> those characteristics that make standards coherent, unambiguous, and
> easy to interpret. In addition, it singles out usage believed to
> have led to unclear specifications, resulting in non-interoperable
> interpretations in the past. These guidelines are to be used with
> RFC 2223, 'Instructions to RFC Authors.'
>> This version of the document is a draft.
>>Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username
>"anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in,
>type "cd internet-drafts" and then
> "get draft-ietf-stdguide-ops-07.txt".
>A URL for the Internet-Draft is:
>ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-stdguide-ops-07.txt>>Internet-Drafts directories are located at:
>> Africa: ftp.is.co.za
>> Europe: ftp.nordu.net
> ftp.nis.garr.it
>> Pacific Rim: munnari.oz.au
>> US East Coast: ftp.ietf.org
>> US West Coast: ftp.isi.edu
>>Internet-Drafts are also available by mail.
>>Send a message to: mailserv at ietf.org. In the body type:
> "FILE /internet-drafts/draft-ietf-stdguide-ops-07.txt".
>>NOTE: The mail server at ietf.org can return the document in
> MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this
> feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE"
> command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or
> a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers
> exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with
> "multipart" MIME messages (i.e. documents which have been split
> up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on
> how to manipulate these messages.
>>>Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader
>implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the
>Internet-Draft.
>Content-Type: text/plain
>Content-ID: <19980520154740.I-D at ietf.org>
>>ENCODING mime
>FILE /internet-drafts/draft-ietf-stdguide-ops-07.txt
>><ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-stdguide-ops-07.txt>
>Carl-Uno Manros
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