Publication title could include RFC number as a prefix

[fgnievinski]

Description

Currently the RFC metadata provided in bibtex format or assigned to the DOI puts the RFC number in a separate field, for example:

• https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc2119/bibtex/
• https://doi.crossref.org/servlet/[email protected]&id=10.17487/RFC2119&format=info

Unfortunately, most automatic citation generators will ignore the RFC number and render the citation without it:

• https://citation.crosscite.org/
• https://citer.toolforge.org/

The RFC number is a very important bibliographic information. Often, it's the main form of referring to a particular RFC.

The only safe and robust way to guarantee the RFC won't be lost in automatic citation management is to include it as a prefix in the title, for example:

"RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels"

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[rjsparks]

cc: @ajeanmahoney, @tward212

[ajeanmahoney]

The RPC provides DOI info to crossref.org when we publish an RFC. The RFC number is captured in the "publisher_item" tag. Perhaps we need to use a different label for RFC numbers -- something that would be more likely to be included in a citation -- when we provide info to crossref.

[fgnievinski]

Incidentally, I just noticed the current proposal is already implemented in the HTML version, both in the title element and in the title metadata:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2119