Re: Topic drift Re: An Internet Draft as reference material

[Keith Moore]

> > IETF's current policy makes the I-D series more valuable than it would
> > be if [...] I-Ds did not expire at all
> 
> I see your point, but there's an easy solution.  If there are two
> interfaces (or one, with a checkbox), and the default is to search only the
> I-Ds under 6 months old, then the noise level doesn't go up unless you
> decide you need it to.

actually my point isn't about the noise level associated with having
additional documents returned in a search - it's about the I-D series
being more useful for particular purposes *precisely because of 
mechanisms that are designed to limit, but not totally prevent, 
use of old I-Ds*.

Keith