Or "archived".
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: An Internet Draft as reference material
> I, for one, would like to see the IETF host an public archive
> of expired I-Ds for technical reasons. Having past works, even
> those not worthy of RFC publication (on any track), available
> adds to wealth of knowledge available to future Internet
> engineering. This will allow future efforts to take full
> advantage of past efforts. Having them available for IPR reasons,
> IMO, is secondary (as it addresses a non-technical issue).
>
> I suggest that the URIs for an expired I-D contain the word
> "expired" to limit confusion with active I-Ds, e.g.:
> http://www.ietf.org/EXPIRED-INTERNET-DRAFT/draft-....txt
>
> Kurt
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