Joel Halpern <jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not sure who suggested ORCID-only in author blocks.
Me.
If we can't/won't update old RFCs when someone's name or email changes, then
the only other option is to: _add a layer of indirection_
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_theorem_of_software_engineering
ORCID is one such mechanism, which does not mean the IETF inventing a new
bespoke system.
> 2) If I am looking at the contact information, it is probably because I want
> to contact that person. in 90+% of the cases when I do that, the place I am
> looking is current enough that the email address given there will work and
> reflects their preference for contact about the document. So please keep it
> there.
Do you object to an RFC having only an ORCID and an email address?
(no name)
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