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Re: [rfc-i] What do do about SVG

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Wed, 16 December 2020 07:15 UTC

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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:15:26 +1100
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
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Subject: Re: [rfc-i] What do do about SVG
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On Wed, Dec 16, 2020, at 15:53, Adam Roach wrote:
> Perhaps rather than using syntax to enforce policy, we could shift to 
> using editorial control to enforce policy. That is, we specify that 
> non-ASCII diagrams in RFCs are in full-fledged SVG, which has really, 
> *really* good support in a lot of tools. And then put have in place 
> instructions to the authors and to the RPC that describe the policy 
> restrictions (such as those I list above), along with a tool -- in the 
> style of id-nits -- that helps identify (in an advisory way) when those 
> policies might not have been followed.

I think that is entirely sensible.

I will note that your requirements permit the inclusion of raster images as data: URIs.  Those might be hard to detect without tools.  We'll likely need a little back and forth on what the true requirements are.
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