Re: RFC and I-D Citation Tool

Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com> Wed, 01 August 2012 01:29 UTC

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Hi Ole,

On 2012-07-31 16:17 Ole Jacobsen said the following:
> 
> One feature request that I discussed with Henrik was to either
> "auto-detect" I-D file names and handle them slightly differently
> from RFC numbers (by putting the file name as the final entry)
> OR just having two tools. With the kind of feedback Henrik is
> getting I am sure the tool will be improved/enhanced over time.

I'm thinking about how to do this best now.  One option I'm considering
is to provide two template fields in the tool, one to be used for
references to RFCs, the other to references to drafts.


Best regards,

	Henrik