On 2011-06-07 11:57, Fred Baker wrote: > On Jun 6, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > >>>> [RFC3056] Carpenter, B. and K. Moore, "Connection of IPv6 Domains >>>> via IPv4 Clouds", RFC 3056, February 2001. >>>> >>>> [RFC3068] Huitema, C., "An Anycast Prefix for 6to4 Relay Routers", >>>> RFC 3068, June 2001. >>> I believe these 2 references need to be Normative, as they are required to >>> understand this document. >> True, but this is an informational document, so why would any references be >> normative? > > This is something we spoke about in the working group, and you answered me > the same way. I think he's not saying (and I was not saying then) that the > references are normative for the Internet. They're saying that, unlike an > informative reference (which may give you a deeper understanding but for most > of the document are optional reading), you can't understand this document if > you don't understand those two.
Correct, but (process weanie hat on) I don't see anything in the discussion of rules for references in RFC 2026 that requires any such consideration in non-standards track documents. I don't want to change this unless directed by the IESG. Brian _______________________________________________ Gen-art mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/gen-art
