*> *> *> Bob Braden wrote: *> *> > *> *> > *> And what happens when a STD is updated/revised? *> > *> *> > *> Joe *> > *> > Joe, *> > *> > Unnnh, let me guess. Update the web pointer to the new RFC(s)? *> > *> > Bob Braden *> *> I was thinking of the case where *> *> 791 -> STD3 *> *> In which case when STD3 points to a new RFC, papers citing STD3 would be *> wrong. *> If a paper is citing RFC 793 because it wants to cite the standard spec for TCP, then citing STD3 is exactly the right thing to do. I would submit that this is nearly always the case. It it relatively rare that a TCP citation depends upon some particular wording or content of the a particular (obsolete) RFC. *> STD numbers have dynamic content - as you mention above. Which is why *> the RFC number (which never changes) is what should be cited. *> *> Joe No, it is STDs that have static meaning; RFCs can change. Bob _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf