On 9/17/2013 8:07 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: > I'm not sure much needs to be done other than talking with Heather > Flanagan (the RFC Editor), getting her sign-off, and then getting > it into the xml2rfc schema and noting its existence. What would the ORCID reference look like? My understanding is that it would look like this: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0437-3333 Very few people use the uri element in the author block. (I count zero in the currently extant internet-drafts XML files.) Its intended use really is for the author to put in whatever URI they care to that helps identify them. Its usage is directly parallel to a person's postal, fax and email addresse. So plugging an ORCID into the URI element seems to fit that usage perfectly. Tony Hansen