| From: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> |
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| To: | Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> |
| Cc: | Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Consistent reference to RFCs in the documentation |
| Date: | 2020-12-01 12:55:27 |
| Message-ID: | 2C7F4A07-49AA-4FAD-A152-EB9DAD07D211@yesql.se |
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> On 1 Dec 2020, at 13:39, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> wrote:
> On 05/11/2020 17:09, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> The attached patch adds ulinks for all
>> RFC's and marks subsequent mentions as acronym to make the docs consistent. It
>> also spells all as "RFC <number>" with a whitespace as that was the most
>> commonly used spelling (there is no RFC for how to reference to an RFC so we're
>> free to choose).
>
> There is RFC 7322, "RFC Style Guide", Section 3.5 Citations (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7322#section-3.5). That's for the style used in RFCs themselves. It recommends "RFC <number>" as well.
Interesting, I've looked for that more than once but failed to find that
section. Thanks for pointing it out.
> Pushed, thanks!
Thanks!
cheers ./daenil
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