Template:Cite IETF/makelink

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This template is a "subroutine" of {{Cite IETF}} used for conditionally creating links to https://tools.ietf.org/ for different types of documents.

It is invoked as:

{{Cite IETF/makelink

| Url = <value of |url= or |archiveurl= parameters>

| Anchor = <section or page anchor generated from the value of the |section= or |page= parameters>

| Autolink = <value of |autolink= parameter>

| Rfc = <value of |rfc= parameter>

| Std = <value of |std= parameter>

| Bcp = <value of |bcp= parameter>

| Fyi = <value of |fyi= parameter>

| Draft = <value of |draft= parameter>

| Ien = <value of |ien= parameter>

| Rtr = <value of |rtr= parameter>

}}

It uses the following algorithm:

1. If the |Url= parameter is given the template will simply display that value along with an optional anchor generated from |Anchor= appended.
2. If the |Url= parameter is not given, if any of |Rfc=, |Std=, |Bcp=, |Fyi=, |Draft=, |Ien=, or |Rtr= parameters are given, and the |Autolink= parameter evaluates to anything other than no then the template will generate a url using one of the document type identifiers given.
3. The template will give priority to the first of the parameters: |Rfc=, |Std=, |Bcp=, |Fyi=, |Draft=, |Ien=, or |Rtr= in this order and create a link using the first matching parameter.
4. If the |Anchor= parameter is given, it will be appended to the generated url.

This "subroutine" is designed for {{Cite IETF}} and makes assumptions that may not be valid elsewhere.

Examples:

• "{{Cite IETF/makelink |Fyi = 17 |Anchor = #page-5}}" produces "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/fyi17#page-5".
• "{{Cite IETF/makelink |Url = https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2119 |Anchor = #section-1}}" produces "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2119#section-1".
• "{{Cite IETF/makelink |Rfc = 1122 |Std = 3}}" produces "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1122".
• "{{Cite IETF/makelink |Rfc = 822 |Std = 11 |Anchor = #section-4}}" produces "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc822#section-4".
• "{{Cite IETF/makelink |Rfc = 854 |Std = 8}}" produces "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc854".

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