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Julian,

see my comment below.

Best regards
Michael

On Mar 14, 2006, at 2:23 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:

> Thomas Morin wrote:
>> ...
>> Another issue I have wrt using entities with XMLMind is that this  
>> editor
>> will replace an entity ("&RFC2119;") by its content
>> ("<reference>...</reference>" block) in the saved file, which is a  
>> pain
>> because you lose the nice feature of having reference block  
>> updated when
>> new drafts version are published.
>> ...
>
> I personally think that this is a non-feature. Furthermore, a risky  
> one.
>
> If I reference an Internet Draft, and that one changes, the last  
> thing I want is that my xml2rfc processor silently updates the  
> reference without myself knowing. Note that the I-D may have  
> changed in a way that requires change in the referring document as  
> well.
But you can not cite an ID if it is outdated.... So you have to make  
sure that all citations are valid
by hand. I only like the functionality that I do not have to insert  
the latest number...
>
> Best regards, Julian
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