--On Sunday, June 24, 2018 17:14 -0700 Randy Bush <randy@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> but didn't detect great enthusiasm in the community for >> dealing with authorship ethics in general. > > how embarrassing and shameful Randy, While I agree that this is embarrassing and shameful (and could add other words), I question one aspect of your earlier note. At least until the IAB decides to micromanage that, an erratum and its appropriateness is determined by the discretion of the RFC Series Editor. The term is arguably not precisely correct for the way we use the things and I've seen many of them whose subject matter or content would not be appropriate if the classic publisher definition were used. So I would recommend a conversation with Heather (copied) and use of the errata mechanism, at least unless she strongly disagrees and wants to propose another mechanism. That would at least get citation on the record. While I'm not optimistic, if author(s) are shamed sufficiently to not omit such citations in the future, that would be A Good Thing. I think all of us should be encouraged to watch for obvious omissions on Last Call and would encourage document shepherds and responsible ADs (in the IETF Stream) and reviewers (in others) to pay attention to the issue. I would suggest to Heather that a mention of this as the Style Guide evolves would probably also be a good thing -- it isn't as if adding relevant citations is difficult or costly. We will probably never get everything right, but we can try harder. best, john
