Re: [rfc-i] archiving outlinks in RFCs

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Tue, 25 April 2023 23:56 UTC

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From: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:55:37 -0700
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Subject: Re: [rfc-i] archiving outlinks in RFCs
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Hmm... I don't think this is right.

Obviously the line between "style" and "content" is a fine, but istm that
the
line you propose to draw would allow the RPC to take all the MUSTs, style
them out with CSS, and replace them with MUST NOTs.

ISTM that the links are part of the semantics of the document and so having
different links is a question for the RSWG.

-Ekr


On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 4:48 PM Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023, at 09:41, Eric Rescorla wrote:
> > I think the RPC could *probably* choose to publish a separate version
> > that had archival links
> > on its own, but I think the default version would again be a question
> > for the RSWG.
>
> If this were a question of publishing, maybe RSWG has a role to play.
> However, we don't object to different renderings and this might not be too
> far from that.  That is, you might make HTML available that had two links
> for some references (canonical plus archival) maybe with strikethrough
> styling on broken links.
>
> I don't think that we are in a position to set policy there.  Any more
> than we are in a position to set policy on what decorations or styling are
> added in renderings.  The metadata header on rfc-editor.org or the
> sidebar on datatracker.ietf.org are examples of "decoration" along these
> lines.
>
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