Re: [Tools-discuss] .txt? [I-D Action: draft-xxx.txt]

[John R Levine <[e-mail]>]

> Why aren't we actively encouraging people to submit xml2rfcv3 source, and rewarding those who do so with a message that makes it clear that this is what we prefer?

Among the many things on the to-do list is to redo the I-D submission page 
to make it clearer that you only need to submit one version of a draft, 
and that we'd appreciate the XML version if you have one.

R's,
John

> On 27-Jun-21 13:32, John Levine wrote:
>> It appears that Brian E Carpenter  <[e-mail]> said:
>>> Why does the subject field and the Filename say ".txt" for a v3 draft?
>>
>> Because you can still submit text I-D's if you want.  If you submit xml
>> it'll render it into text, but it can't go the other way.
>>
>> If your I-D makes it into the publication queue and there isn't an XML
>> version, the RPC will hand convert your text but that doesn't happen
>> very often now except for people who write their drafts in MS Word.
>>
>> R's,
>> John
>>
>>
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject: [Anima] I-D Action: draft-ietf-anima-asa-guidelines-01.txt
>>> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 15:43:05 -0700
>>> From: [e-mail]
>>> Reply-To: [e-mail]
>>> To: [e-mail]
>>> CC: [e-mail]
>>>
>>>
>>> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
>>> This draft is a work item of the Autonomic Networking Integrated Model and Approach WG of the IETF.
>>>
>>>        Title           : Guidelines for Autonomic Service Agents
>>>        Authors         : Brian Carpenter
>>>                          Laurent Ciavaglia
>>>                          Sheng Jiang
>>>                          Pierre Peloso
>>> 	Filename        : draft-ietf-anima-asa-guidelines-01.txt
>>> 	Pages           : 27
>>> 	Date            : 2021-06-26
>>>
>>> Abstract:
>>>   This document proposes guidelines for the design of Autonomic Service
>>>   Agents for autonomic networks.  Autonomic Service Agents, together
>>>   with the Autonomic Network Infrastructure, the Autonomic Control
>>>   Plane and the Generic Autonomic Signaling Protocol constitute base
>>>   elements of a so-called autonomic networks ecosystem.
>
>

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John Levine, [e-mail], Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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