Message from Michael S. Johnson [06:34 99-02-21 ]:


>Relating this by analogy to law: a recent news report exposed general
>ignorance of a 20-year old law that requires motorists in Washington State
>to carry a trash receptacle.  Rhetorical question: Does that ignorance
>mean that the law should not be followed?
>
>Of course, no one has given evidence that there is a "law"/RFC about "--
>", so the analogy is imperfect.  Suggestion: why not propose it as a *new*
>RFC?

Yes, the analogy was not perfect because we do not have any
law or even a recommendation concerning signatures.

The idea of standardization of sigs is a good one.

mjw