begin quote On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 11:41:25 +1100 Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm commsecure com au> wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 04:43, Pat Costello wrote: > > Hi Calum, > > > > In the past, when people have asked to reference the GDSG, I have > > requested them to give the title and URL of the GDSG, and name the > > GDP as the publisher. The only place of publication that makes any > > sense is the URL, cyberspace in other words. > > Something that pops up in other discussions about references to > Internet documents is the importance of quoting the date of reference. > Since online versions change over time without necessarily going > through"1st ed.", "2nd ed.", etc, fixing the version in time is a good > idea. when I last had to turn in a paper that made heavy use of online documentation and other papers online (both as pdf/ps and html) , the requirement was to attach -all- such "moving" targets to the paper as source-reference wasn't viable or trustable. Its a very cumbersome way, but it guarantees avaiability even five years later. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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