RE: Acronyms

[Ben Hale <Ben_Hale at inmarsat.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Vernon Schryver [mailto:vjs at calcite.rhyolite.com]
Sent: 10 September 2001 00:40
To: ietf at ietf.org
Subject: Re: Acronyms


> 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


I suppose you think we should drop references out too then

Ben Hale


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