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

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

Kennedy, Smith (Wireless & Standards Architect) smith.kennedy at hp.com
Fri Aug 24 16:52:34 UTC 2018


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 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/std92>
Should this also list RFC 8010 / 8011?

> 
> 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?

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