Hi - > From: "Daniel Senie" <dts@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <ietf@xxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 11:30 AM > Subject: Re: Names of standards-track RFCs ... > Now a different viewpoint. When looking at drafts as they go by on > id-announce, nothing gets me more annoyed than reading the title and > summary, and having no idea what the document is about. The audience for > documents spreads beyond those working in the very specific area. New > acronyms pop up often, and frequently the same acronym means different > things to different folks in this industry. Spelling out is essential. ... Agreed. Spelling things out becomes even more important as documents age. Consider, for example, "IMP" in some of the older RFCs. I suspect many IETF participants have never seen or used one, yet this was probably considered "well known" when those RFCs were written. Randy _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf