> > 9. Acknowledgements > > > > Variations on the idea of using a DNS record to check the > > legitimacy > > of an email address have occurred multiple times. The earliest > > known > > work is [Vixie]; others include [RMX], [SPF] and [CallerID]. > > > > The current document borrows heavily from each of the above, > and > > incorporates ideas proposed by many members of the MARID > working > > group. The contributions of each of the above are gratefully > > acknowledged. > Ted, > My personal practice, when writing such acknowledgement sections, is to > write down the names of the individuals who contributed the idea, or > contributed significant comments to a draft. > It is true that if one follows references such as [RMX] one eventually > find the list of authors of the proposal, but they are still at least > one level of indirection away. The MARID draft could just as well say > something like "The earliest work was submitted to the IETF by Paul > Vixie [Vixie]; others include ..." ASCII bits are cheap. This would be a very reasonable thing to do IMO. Ned _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf