On Sat, 12 Apr 2025, Michael Richardson wrote:
> An obvious simple change would be to add the ORCID to the author element in > addition to what's already there. So if you want to know more about an > author, you click on her ORCID URL. Are you okay with an RFC having *ONLY* an ORCID?
No. That would be a significant change and would make RFCs less useful.
We only solve sob@harvard and the problem of deadnames by leaving all of those out of the document.
While I understand why deadnames are an issue, I also do not see that it is our job to tie ourselves in knots about it. To the extent that we can change entries in our databases, sure, do that. But we are not going to be able to go and retroactively edit every downloaded copy of every document we ever published, and I don't see any point in trying.
R's, John
