Re: References to RFCs-to-be in IANA registries

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>  Date: 2005-03-08 23:17
>  From: Doug Barton <doug.barton@xxxxxxxxx>

> I read the post you referenced above, as well as the followups from Ned and
> Scott, and I have nothing to add to their explanations. I think that they
> have accurately described the situation at hand.
[...]
> As has been explained to you, those references are simply placeholders that 
> will be replaced with the real RFC reference when it's published by the RFC 
> Editor. That said, the IANA staff is always interested in improving its 
> service to the community, so if you have suggestions as to how those types 
> of references can be improved, we are happy to listen to them. Such 
> suggestions could be discussed here if the community agrees it's 
> appropriate, or sent to iana@xxxxxxxx at any time.

The issue is not the appearance of registrations prior to final
publication of an RFC, but rather the usability of the references
in the registry.  I have heard that there is a plan to use the
IETF Secretariat's I-D Database lookup feature to improve those
references; that sounds like an improvement.

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