> I donʼt think this is a something where we should be looking > for new process great ghu save us! > or a dramatic difference to current practice. well, not in written practice. > However, I do think referencing prior work, setting context to how > present work differs from other work, attribution, and (generous) > acknowledgment of contributions are important. strongly agree on ensuring attribution those on whose shoulders, as opposed to toes, we stand. my model is also arming a new hire with no foo experience, or a grad student who needs to come up to speed on foo for their research. both, but the latter especially, is used to following rabbit tunnels; but not if they're not present. randy, who is trying to get xml2rfc to do a cite to cacm this morning
