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Re: [xml2rfc-dev] No support for v2 dates

Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com> Fri, 13 December 2019 11:59 UTC

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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc-dev] No support for v2 dates
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Hi Carsten,


On 2019-12-13 10:57, Carsten Bormann wrote:
> Error: Expected <date> attribute “year" to be an integer, but found "n.d."
> 
> Has been https://trac.tools.ietf.org/tools/xml2rfc/trac/ticket/450
> for seven weeks now.
> 
> Upgraded to “blocker” now, as this impedes v2 compatibility.

This was fixed in release 2.24.0 on August 10, 2019. My test suite now contains
the following instances. This can be used in a v3 document 
(<rfc version="3">...) but not in a v2 document. If something else is needed,
please provide more data.

               <reference anchor="DATE-RANGE">
                  <front>
                     <title>Document with date range</title>
                     <author fullname="Joe Moe"/>
                     <date>2002-2003</date>
                  </front>
               </reference>

               <reference anchor="FUZZY-DATE">
                  <front>
                     <title>Document with fuzzy date</title>
                     <author fullname="Jane Mae"/>
                     <date>Second quarter 2010</date>
                  </front>
               </reference>

               <reference anchor="NO-DATE">
                  <front>
                     <title>Document with no date</title>
                     <author fullname="No Mae"/>
                     <date/>
                  </front>
               </reference>


Henrik

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