> Once people started to use foliation for citations they started to see > the disadvantages. Editions of the bible were particularly problematic > once people started attempting to cross reference translations back to > the original text. This was a particular problem with the old testament > as some parts of the vulgate are actually translations of translations. > The solution was to refer to scripture by chapter and verse. By the time RFCs take on the significance of scripture (and are as widely corrupted as scripture) I'm sure we'll all be using section numbers :) > In HTML there are three separate options for creating citations. You can > use style sheet pagination if you must but citations will be extremely > fragile and can be broken by any edit to the text. Anyone who tries to use a page number from RFC 1342 to refer to text in RFC 2047 deserves whatever he gets. Keith _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf