Re: [Tools-discuss] A thought on I-Ds

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Joe Touch wrote:
> Fred Baker wrote:
>> It seems to me that a huge part of what the secretariat does in ID
>> posting is ensure that a stated boilerplate is there and *if* it is
>> named draft-ietf-* that the WG has accepted the draft. XML2RFC is popular.
>>
>> What if -
>>
>> suppose that the secretariat externalized a web page that did
>> essentially the tool on Marshall's xml.resource.org page, and had an
>> option to say "post the draft". The tool starts from an XML form and
>> produces the right boilerplate, obviating one check. The other check
>> could be obviated by ensuring that its name is in a certain list. This
>> would allow people to post drafts without taking up secretariat staff
>> cycles. The existing process remains available for those that use other
>> tools.
>>
>> I'm probably missing something. What?
>
> Not everybody uses XML.

And those could continue using secretariat's manual services.

But as to Fred -- it's not quite as simple; 
draft-ietf-tools-draft-submission-09.txt (in rfc-ed queue) describes 
quite many requirements.  I guess now we're just waiting for someone 
to Do Something(tm).

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