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

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 27-Jun-21 14:14, John R Levine wrote:
>> 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.

Excellent. Is there any reason not to run the v2 to v3 converter automatically?

   Brian

> 
> 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]
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>>>> To: [e-mail]
>>>> CC: [e-mail]
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>>>>
>>>> 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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