Hi - > What would it take to get them cataloged individually? > > Randy I believe that getting each RFC cataloged individually would not be possible using an ISSN, so we would need to employ ISBNs. My understanding of ISBNs is as follows: In the US, the ISBN Agency is Bowker http://www.bowker.com/index.php/index.php/component/content/article/1/2. Their faq http://www.bowker.com/index.php/supportfaq-isbn/49-support-isbn/350-faqs -isbn-general defines the products eligible for an ISBN and standards do fit in the definition. This faq also discusses the purpose and why/when an ISBN should be used. To apply ISBNs to RFC, the process would need to be something like: - obtain a block of ISBN numbers (e.g. 1,000 of them) - note that a block of 1,000 is $1570 per https://commerce.bowker.com/standards/cgi-bin/isbn.asp - then assign an ISBN number to each RFC before it publication, and register each not-yet-published RFC against the ISBN per http://www.bowker.com/index.php/supportfaq-isbn/49-support-isbn/381-faqs -isbn-howtouse Setting this up take work and a modest on-going budget. Once in place, the ongoing effort would be less. That being said, ISBN numbers are not free, so I think we'd need to identify some tangible benefits to really doing this, before deciding to proceed. Regards, Ed Juskevicius _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf