IPP Mail Archive: IPP> I-D ACTION:draft-iesg-rfc-checklist-00.txt

IPP> I-D ACTION:draft-iesg-rfc-checklist-00.txt

Carl-Uno Manros (cmanros@cp10.es.xerox.com)
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 09:52:29 PDT

This document might be of special interst to the editors, but also for
anybody else crafting texts for inclusion in our drafts.

Carl-Uno

Carl-Uno>To: IETF-Announce:;
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>Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-iesg-rfc-checklist-00.txt
>Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 07:13:13 PDT
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>A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.
>This draft is a work item of the IETF Steering Group Working Group of the
IETF.
>
> Title : (DRAFT) Checklist for RFC Authors
> Author(s) : K. Moore
> Filename : draft-iesg-rfc-checklist-00.txt
> Pages : 6
> Date : 24-Apr-98
>
>This is a list of things that often delay processing of RFCs by
>IESG and/or the RFC Editor, and which are often preventable by RFC
>authors. The purpose of this document is to list in one place the most
>frequent causes of unnecessary delay, and thereby help RFC authors
>minimize such delays when possible.
>
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Carl-Uno Manros
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