Since the RFC Editor has a draft out that will update the instructions to
RFC authors (draft-rfc-editor-rfc2223bis-00.txt) this seems a reasonable
time to bring up a query.
Section 10 of RFC2223 reads:
10. Author's Address Section
Each RFC must have at the very end a section giving the author's
address, including the name and postal address, the telephone number,
(optional: a FAX number) and the Internet email address.
Section 4.11 of the draft reads:
4.11 Author's Address Section
Each RFC must have at the end a section giving the author's
address, including the name and postal address, the telephone
number, (optional: a FAX number) and the Internet email address.
Er, OK, so they're identical :)
But why must the author(s)/editor supply addresses and telephone numbers?
And what should an independent author/editor with no affiliation provide?
(Please don't tell me they should use their residential details - that's
unacceptable.)
I understand that in rare cases the RFC Editor will allow publications with
only a persistent email address, but in that case I'm curious as to why we
don't just go that route and do away with physically bound points of
contact altogether. After all, they don't appear to serve any useful
purpose (other than to provide headhunters a number to call).
Answers? Comments? Flames?