See below... --> -----Original Message----- --> From: Gray, Eric --> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 11:04 AM --> To: 'Nelson, David' --> Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx --> Subject: RE: Examples of translated RFCs --> --> David, --> --> Never-the-less, it can happen. Normative references - --> at least by some definitions of the term - can be to types --> of documents than RFCs. --> s/documents than/documents other than/ --> However, it is usually the case that papers and other --> documents written in French, Russian, German, etc. are made --> available in - or can be made available in - English for --> use in references from documents written in English. --> --> This is - indeed - the reason why the IETF allows for --> translations of RFCs: so that they can, in turn, be used as --> references in documents written in other languages. --> --> -- --> Eric --> --> --> -----Original Message----- --> --> From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] --> --> On Behalf Of Nelson, David --> --> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:55 AM --> --> To: ietf@xxxxxxxx --> --> Subject: RE: Examples of translated RFCs --> --> --> --> JFC (Jefsey) Morfin writes... --> --> --> --> > So , IMHO, the IETF urgency is today the other way around: --> --> > incorporating into RFC standards, practices or tables --> --> authoritatively --> --> > written or thought in another language than English, --> or in English --> --> > using normative non-ASCII art drafts or using term in --> a meaning --> --> > foreign to the IETF. --> --> --> --> If all RFCs are written in English, basically so that there --> --> is at most --> --> one additional language in which one must be fluent to --> --> understand and --> --> implement the protocols described therein, wouldn't it --> defeat the --> --> purpose to have normative references written in other languages? --> --> --> --> --> --> _______________________________________________ --> --> Ietf mailing list --> --> Ietf@xxxxxxxx --> --> https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf --> --> --> _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf