Re: [Rfc-markdown] [xml2rfc] initials handling, was: New xml2rfc release: v2.22.3

[Heather Flanagan <[e-mail]>]

On Apr 21, 2019, 10:23 PM -0700, Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>, wrote:
> On 11.04.2019 17:06, Heather Flanagan wrote:
> > ...
> > And coming back to this:
> >
> > A longstanding principle for referencing RFCs is to make the reference
> > match what is on the front page of the RFC itself, over what information
> > is in any other location. This is something we should be clearer about
> > in the Style Guide, but it is a practice we’ve enforced for quite a long
> > time.
>
> If you're not planning a revision anytime soon, you may want to document
> this in detail at <https://www.rfc-editor.org/styleguide/part2/> or file
> an erratum.

I agree - I’ll work with the RPC on updating the web portion of the style guide.

>
> > Changing the tool to match this longstanding practice is not ideal, but
> > it is expedient given that the proper way to handle this is an extensive
> > data cleanup of the citation library. I’ve asked the RPC to prioritize
> > getting documents published and format implementation over this kind of
> > data cleanup for now.
> > ...
>
> I still don't get this. Is there a well-defined algorithm to decide the
> detailed format? I guess so, otherwise it could not be placed into the
> formatter. In this case, please publish it. And if there is one, just
> get the <reference> files updated accordingly. (And yes, I volunteer, if
> the algorithm is clear).
>
>

Ah, volunteering! I love that! Let me talk to Sandy and Alice to see how best to move this forward.

-Heather