Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-17 Thread Tom.Petch
, March 07, 2009 9:45 AM Subject: Re: Abstract on Page 1? Scott Lawrence wrote: ... This is a trivial change for the generation tools to make - at worst it will make one generation of diffs slightly more difficult (and I'd be happy to trade one generation of poor diffs for this, so for me

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-17 Thread SM
At 08:23 17-03-2009, Tom.Petch wrote: On an allied topic, I notice that a recent I-D - draft-ietf-sidr-arch-06.txt - published March 9, 2009, had a running heading which included 'November 2008'. Paranoid as I am, I immediately link this date to RFC5378 and the time when the IETF Trust

RE: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-16 Thread Ed Juskevicius
+1. I agree. Regards, Ed Juskevicius -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ietf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Julian Reschke Sent: March 7, 2009 3:46 AM To: Scott Lawrence Cc: John C Klensin; ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: Abstract on Page 1? Scott Lawrence wrote

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-07 Thread Julian Reschke
Scott Lawrence wrote: ... This is a trivial change for the generation tools to make - at worst it will make one generation of diffs slightly more difficult (and I'd be happy to trade one generation of poor diffs for this, so for me just don't worry about fixing the diff tools). ... At this

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-07 Thread Henrik Levkowetz
On 2009-03-04 16:33 Margaret Wasserman said the following: I would like to propose that we re-format Internet-Drafts such that the boilerplate (status and copyright) is moved to the back of the draft, and the abstract moves up to page 1. I don't believe that there are any legal

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-07 Thread David Morris
This seems like a really good idea from a usability perspective, but I've not noticed any feed back from our official or unofficial legal community. My concern would be whether there is a legal requirement that the copyright and other similar declarations be in the front of a document. I'd

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-07 Thread Cullen Jennings
On Mar 7, 2009, at 1:45 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: So, I'm not against another re-organization, but, in this time, PLEASE: - plan it well (think of all consequences for both I-Ds and RFCs) - make the requirements precise and actually implementable (remember: must be on page 1 :-) - give

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-07 Thread Cullen Jennings
On Mar 7, 2009, at 12:21 PM, David Morris wrote: I can't recall any examples of any document or source file where the copyright was at the end. It certainly isn't common. agree it is unusual and weird but much of resiprocate has them at the end because some people had a hard time with the

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-07 Thread Olafur Gudmundsson
At 14:02 07/03/2009, Henrik Levkowetz wrote: On 2009-03-04 16:33 Margaret Wasserman said the following: I would like to propose that we re-format Internet-Drafts such that the boilerplate (status and copyright) is moved to the back of the draft, and the abstract moves up to page 1. I don't

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-05 Thread Doug Ewell
TSG tglassey at earthlink dot net wrote: Then the template has to be changed. Will the IETF still continue to accept documents formatted the old way or will it mandate this change everywhere - and gee - that could be our own little stimulus package - we may have to hire someone to move the

RE: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-05 Thread Hallam-Baker, Phillip
go. -Original Message- From: ietf-boun...@ietf.org on behalf of Andrew Sullivan Sent: Wed 3/4/2009 10:55 AM To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: Re: Abstract on Page 1? On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 04:50:19PM +0100, Julian Reschke wrote: The following text must be included on the first page of each

RE: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-05 Thread John C Klensin
in the middle). So, to me at least, move status and copyright to the end gets a lot less attractive if that is ...end of I-D but not RFCs rather than both. It also leads me to wonder about alternate solutions if the problem to be solved is really abstract on page 1. For example, if we are talking about I

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-04 Thread Stewart Bryant
Margaret Wasserman wrote: I would like to propose that we re-format Internet-Drafts such that the boilerplate (status and copyright) is moved to the back of the draft, and the abstract moves up to page 1. I don't believe that there are any legal implications to moving our IPR information

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-04 Thread Tim Bray
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Margaret Wasserman m...@lilacglade.org wrote: I would like to propose that we re-format Internet-Drafts such that the boilerplate (status and copyright) is moved to the back of the draft, and the abstract moves up to page 1. Oh, yes please. That would

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-04 Thread Melinda Shore
On 3/4/09 10:33 AM, Margaret Wasserman m...@lilacglade.org wrote: I would like to propose that we re-format Internet-Drafts such that the boilerplate (status and copyright) is moved to the back of the draft, and the abstract moves up to page 1. I like this suggestion a lot. Melinda

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-04 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Stewart Bryant wrote: Margaret Wasserman wrote: I would like to propose that we re-format Internet-Drafts such that the boilerplate (status and copyright) is moved to the back of the draft, and the abstract moves up to page 1. I don't believe that there are

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-04 Thread Julian Reschke
Margaret Wasserman wrote: I would like to propose that we re-format Internet-Drafts such that the boilerplate (status and copyright) is moved to the back of the draft, and the abstract moves up to page 1. I don't believe that there are any legal implications to moving our IPR information

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-04 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 04:50:19PM +0100, Julian Reschke wrote: The following text must be included on the first page of each IETF Document as specified below: Some of us may regard the requirement of standard legal boilerplate taking precedence over technical content to be a symptom of a

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-04 Thread ned+ietf
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Margaret Wasserman m...@lilacglade.org wrote: I would like to propose that we re-format Internet-Drafts such that the boilerplate (status and copyright) is moved to the back of the draft, and the abstract moves up to page 1. Oh, yes please. That would

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-04 Thread Paul Hoffman
+1, after San Francisco. Let's give the volunteer tool authors some breathing space. --Paul Hoffman, Director --VPN Consortium ___ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf

Re: Abstract on Page 1?

2009-03-04 Thread Olaf Kolkman
On 4 mrt 2009, at 16:33, Margaret Wasserman wrote: I would like to propose that we re-format Internet-Drafts such that the boilerplate (status and copyright) is moved to the back of the draft, and the abstract moves up to page 1. I don't believe that there are any legal implications to