[rfc-i] [IAB] draft-iab-rfcv3-preptool-01, "5. What the v3 Prep Tool Does"

[julian.reschke at gmx.de (Julian Reschke)]

On 2016-03-14 19:20, Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr) wrote:
> On 3/14/16, 6:09 AM, "IAB on behalf of Julian Reschke" <iab-bounces at iab.org on behalf of julian.reschke at gmx.de> wrote:
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>> <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-iab-rfcv3-preptool-01.html#rfc.section.5>:
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>>> 15. Add a ?slugifiedName? attribute to each <name> element that does not contain one; replace the attribute if it contains a value that begins with ?n-?.
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>> a) Shouldn't this say "replace the attribute in any case, no matter what
>> it contains"? Or what is the expected behavior when it is present but
>> does not start with "n-"?
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> That would have been fine with me, but it's not worth the change at this point.

OK; just trying to understand whether I missed something.

>> b) What's the use of a slugifiedName when the parent element has an
>> anchor attribute?
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> Nothing I can think of.  I would have also been fine with the preptool adding an "n-" anchor if one doesn't exist, and getting rid of sluggifiedName.  Actually, I could probably be talked into that now as a simplifying change (modulo whatever we learn from prototyping), if you think it's really important.

That would work for me as well...

Best regards, Julian