Re: Acronyms

[Vernon Schryver <vjs at calcite.rhyolite.com>]

> From: Daniel Senie <dts at SENIE.COM>

> ...
> Guess I'm not the only one who finds it annoying to read a draft title 
> which is chock full of acronyms, and then an abstract which says the same 
> thing, with the same acronyms... If I can't determine what the author is 
> talking about from the announcement that gets sent to ietf-announce, 
> there's a good chance I won't read the draft and make comments.
>
> I think this should go beyond RFCs, and perhaps be added to the Guidelines 
> for Authors of Drafts.

I disagree.  Becaause there are too many drafts to read, every good
filter is valuable.  If the author doesn't know enough to use acronyms
in the title properly, then chances are the draft itself won't be
readable for additional reasons.  Unreadable drafts and RFCs are less
likely to be widely implemented.  Even when they are widely implemented,
life is too short.


Vernon Schryver    vjs at rhyolite.com