Joe Touch wrote:

>> I was not aware that there was ever a proposed STD-1 I-D and/
>> or last call.

> STDs are labels of existing standard RFCs which go through
> the usual procedure. 

But, neither I was aware that there was ever an I-D and/or a 
last call for RFC-2600 or RFC-2700.

>> Anyway, is it possible to declare (by whoever)
>> the http://www.iana.org/numbers.htm as STD-2? Or, perhaps a
>> mini RFC as STD-2 that informs where to get the current
>> numbers?
 
> The procedure would generally be to update RFC1700,
> resubmit it, and _then_ have STD-2 point to that new RFC.
> (something IANA would do)

I believe this is a problem. Accurate information exists,
but it can not be published because it is not in a
traditional RFC format :-(.

> As far as I know, the recent status is supposed to be
> at the top of the RFC.
 
> As to where to get them, that's already in rfc-index.txt
> (which is in the same directory as the RFCs):

Unfortunately, it is not so obvious (especially for the one who
has no idea about the RFC-Editor mechanism) that rfc-index.txt
exists. 

regards,

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