@techreport{atlas-external-normref-00, number = {draft-atlas-external-normref-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-atlas-external-normref/00/}, author = {Alia Atlas and Eliot Lear and Joel M. Halpern and Heather Flanagan and Jeff Tantsura}, title = {{Normative References in RFCs from Open Source}}, pagetotal = 6, year = 2017, month = oct, day = 29, abstract = {IETF procedures generally require that a standards track RFC may not have a normative reference to a non standards track specification except those from other standards bodies. This document creates an External Specification registry, similar to the DownRef registry that has been created based on {[}RFC3967{]} and permits normative references to community accepted external specifications.}, }