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Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Tue, 09 July 2024 16:02 UTC

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On 2024-07-09, at 17:37, Marc Petit-Huguenin <marc@petit-huguenin.org> wrote:
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> I upload the PDF version of the I-D on my [device] when I want to review, because the experience is similar to doing that on a printed copy with an erasable pen.  That also has the advantage that it is the same workflow as when reviewing papers (which are also PDFs).

Thanks, Marc.  
I think many academics share the prominence of PDF-based review workflows.  

The arguments I see here from the position “but *I* don’t need it” are not productive in an organization that tries to connect different cohorts of contributors.

> […]
> Maybe one day I'll find a use for the HTML version of RFCs and I-Ds.

They do have their use, and I’m sure there are other people where the HTML form is the centerpiece of the workflow.

(It *is* for me when *editing* documents [1].)

Grüße, Carsten

[1]: https://github.com/cabo/kdwatch

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