Re: "Internet Standard (STD)" - phrase known by Web programmers ?

Subject: Re: "Internet Standard (STD)" - phrase known by Web programmers ?
From: Sandy Harris <sandyinchina -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 16:12:31 +0800

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Lee Fisher <blibbet -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> I also rarely see the term STD refering to IETF, it's about as uncommon as
> IETF FYIs or BCPs. And I'm on dozens of IETF mailing lists. :-)

I'm only on a couple of those, but also on various other technical lists.
I've never seen "STD" referring to an IETF document. People usually
just cite the RFC.

You do get references to a "standards track RFC" and the stages
"draft standard", "proposed standard" and "standard", but those
are fairly rare and "STD" is unknown to me in this context.

I fairly often see "IETF BCP" for the Best Current Practices
documents, but even those are usually cited by RFC number.

For example. here is one that I fervently wish more web
developers and administrators would read:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2142.txt

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Create and publish documentation through multiple channels with Doc-To-Help. Choose your authoring formats and get any output you may need.

Try Doc-To-Help, now with MS SharePoint integration, free for 30-days.

http://bit.ly/doc-to-help

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com


Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.

Looking for articles on Technical Communications? Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com

Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions? Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives


References:
"Internet Standard (STD)" - phrase known by Web programmers ?: From: Monique Semp
Re: "Internet Standard (STD)" - phrase known by Web programmers ?: From: Lee Fisher
RE: "Internet Standard (STD)" - phrase known by Web programmers ?: From: Combs, Richard
Re: "Internet Standard (STD)" - phrase known by Web programmers ?: From: Monique Semp

Previous by Author: Re: Read-only USB drive
Next by Author: Re: Pay Gap Between Manager and Subordinates
Previous by Thread: RE: reasons, political or otherwise, for omitting info (was @internet standards and clarity)
Next by Thread: Re: "Internet Standard (STD)" - phrase known by Web programmers ?


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads