normative vs. informative references in MIB boilerplate

["C. M. Heard" <heard@pobox.com>]

Hello,

As many of you know, the RFC editor will soon require (or perhaps already
requires) that normative and informative references be listed separately;
see http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-rfc-editor-rfc2223bis-00.txt

There is a lengthy list of references that accompany the standard MIB
boilerplate, and the question now arises which of these should be
considered normative and which should be considered informative.  Maybe
the ADs have already considered this question and made a ruling;  if not,
here are my nominations:

for normative References:   [RFC2578], [RFC2579], [RFC2580]

for informative References: [RFC1155], [RFC1212], [RFC1215],
      [RFC2570], [RFC2571], [RFC1157], [RFC1901], [RFC1906],
      [RFC2572], [RFC2574], [RFC1905], [RFC2573], [RFC2575]

The informative references will of course change when the SNMPv3 document
set is published.  Since the boilerplate will need to be updated then
anyway, perhaps that will be a good time to capture the normative vs.
informative distinction in the official boilerplate.

Comments requested.

Mike