Re: [xml2rfc] can xref section= reference an anchor?

[Robert Moskowitz <[e-mail]>]

On 12/16/19 12:18 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:
> On 16.12.2019 18:07, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 12/16/19 12:01 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:
>>> On 16.12.2019 17:47, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>> I see examples of section=5 for RFCs, but for IDs, the section number
>>>> will tend to be version specific.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to reference the anchor label for the desired section?
>>>>
>>>> I am missing it in the FAQs.
>>>
>>> You set anchor="label" on the section that you want to reference, and
>>> then use <xref target="label"/> in order to reference it.
>>
>> I was not clear enough.
>>
>> Consider:
>>
>> <xref target="I-D.moskowitz-orchid-cshake" format="default"
>>      section="4" sectionFormat="of">"Using cSHAKE in ORCHIDs"</xref>
>>
>> And in moskowitz-orchid-cshake I have:
>>
>> <section anchor="Decode" numbered="true" toc="default"> <name>ORCHID
>> Decoding</name>
>>
>> I want to use that anchor, "Decode" from the xml, not the section # that
>> ended up in the current ver of the draft's txt.
>> ...
>
> That's not currently possible in xml2rfc.
>
> It *is* possible, if you run a preprocessor on the XML (such as the one
> coming with rfc2629.xslt, but that in turn currently only supports a
> subset of v3).

I kind of thought this would be the case.  You basically have to run 
xml2rfc to get the section # assigned to the section.

I remember times past struggling to kept all the sec # aligned in a set 
of cross-referenced drafts.

So put this into a feature request :)