This sounds like something we could take up with the RFC Editor?

On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:51 AM, Dale R. Worley <[email protected]> wrote:

> > From: Suresh Krishnan <[email protected]>
>
> > Enhancement request
> > ===================
> >
> > * Maybe it is too much to ask, but it would be great if the mailing list
> > references contained an URL to the archive as it is easier to get the
> > right mail. I leave it upto your discretion if you want to do this or
> not.
> >
> > e.g.
> >
> > For
> >    [kyzivat-2]
> >               Kyzivat, P., "[Sip-implementors] draft-worley-service-
> >               example-02", sip-implementors mailing list 020426,
> >               September 2008.
> >
> >
> > add
> >
> >
> https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/pipermail/sip-implementors/2008-September/020426.html
>
> This draft is prepared using XML2RFC, and the XML source provides a
> link.  E.g.,
>
>     <reference anchor="kyzivat-2">
>     <!-- Kyzivat's e-mail #2 -->
>         <front>
>             <title>[Sip-implementors]
> draft-worley-service-example-02</title>
>             <author initials="P."
> surname="Kyzivat"><organization/></author>
>             <date month="September" year="2008"/>
>         </front>
>         <seriesInfo name="sip-implementors mailing list" value="020426" />
>         <format type="TXT"
>                 target="
> https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/pipermail/sip-implementors/2008-September/020426.html";
> />
>     </reference>
>
> The text form does not contain the link:
>
>    [kyzivat-2]
>               Kyzivat, P., "[Sip-implementors] draft-worley-service-
>               example-02", sip-implementors mailing list 020426,
>               September 2008.
>
> Much stranger, the HTML form does not either:
>
>
> http://svn.resiprocate.org/rep/ietf-drafts/worley/draft-worley-service-example-14.html
>
>     <tr>
>       <td class="reference">
>         <b id="kyzivat-2">[kyzivat-2]</b>
>       </td>
>       <td class="top"><a>Kyzivat, P.</a>, "<a>[Sip-implementors]
> draft-worley-service-example-02</a>", sip-implementors mailing list 020426,
> September 2008.</td>
>     </tr>
>
> On the other hand, the HTML form does give links for the RFCs.  and
> the XML source for those references is not much different:
>
>     http://xml.resource.org/public/rfc/bibxml/reference.RFC.3261.xml
>
>     <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
>
>     <reference anchor='RFC3261'>
>
>     <front>
>     <title>SIP: Session Initiation Protocol</title>
>     <author initials='J.' surname='Rosenberg' fullname='J. Rosenberg'>
>     <organization /></author>
>     <author initials='H.' surname='Schulzrinne' fullname='H. Schulzrinne'>
>     <organization /></author>
>     <author initials='G.' surname='Camarillo' fullname='G. Camarillo'>
>     <organization /></author>
>     <author initials='A.' surname='Johnston' fullname='A. Johnston'>
>     <organization /></author>
>     <author initials='J.' surname='Peterson' fullname='J. Peterson'>
>     <organization /></author>
>     <author initials='R.' surname='Sparks' fullname='R. Sparks'>
>     <organization /></author>
>     <author initials='M.' surname='Handley' fullname='M. Handley'>
>     <organization /></author>
>     <author initials='E.' surname='Schooler' fullname='E. Schooler'>
>     <organization /></author>
>     <date year='2002' month='June' />
>     <abstract>
>     <t>This document describes Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), an
> application-layer control (signaling) protocol for creating, modifying, and
> terminating sessions with one or more participants.  These sessions include
> Internet telephone calls, multimedia distribution, and multimedia
> conferences. [STANDARDS-TRACK]</t></abstract></front>
>
>     <seriesInfo name='RFC' value='3261' />
>     <format type='TXT' octets='647976' target='
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3261.txt' />
>     </reference>
>
> The ideal solution would be to update XML2RFC to show the provided
> links.
>
> In a more reasonable time frame, probably the best thing to do is have
> the RFC Editor add the link to the references.
>
> Dale
>
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