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Re: [rfc-i] some thoughts about errata

"Paul Hoffman" <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Wed, 08 February 2017 15:08 UTC

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On 8 Feb 2017, at 2:22, Julian Reschke wrote:

> On 2014-07-12 11:25, Julian Reschke wrote:
>> Below are some thoughts about how the errata system could be made 
>> more
>> useful; note that this isn't about the process but just about the
>> information offered by the RFC Editor web site:
>>
>> 1) Each erratum should have a stable URI that can be used for 
>> citations.
>>
>> 2) For each RFC, there should be a machine-readable (*) HTTP resource
>> (**) offering status information about the set of erratas present for
>> that RFC. The minimal information about each erratum would be ID 
>> and/or
>> URI, status, and the section number it applies to (when available).
>> Extra points for date information and maybe a title.
>>
>> (*) Optimally both JSON and XML. The former is good for JS running in
>> browsers, the latter fits better into document production toolchains
>> starting with XML anyway.
>>
>> (**) That implies proper CORS settings so that browsers can actually 
>> get
>> the information even when the origin of the document is different.
>>
>> Best regards, Julian
>
> OK, this was 2.5 years ago. People apparently agreed (and asked for 
> even more).
>
> Heather, could you please provide some feedback?

FWIW, I agree with #1 but think #2 is overkill and unlikely to be worth 
the effort.

--Paul Hoffman
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