Re: [xml2rfc] url ref confusion

[Henrik Levkowetz <[e-mail]>]

Hi Randy,

On 2019-04-19 19:59, Randy Bush wrote:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/materials/FAQ-xml2rfcv3.html#name-how-do-i-reference-a-url
> says
> 
>     <reference anchor="W3C" target="https://www.w3.org/">
>         <front>
>             <title>World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)</title>
>             <author/>
>         </front>
>     </reference>

Huh.  That has the same problem as your <reference>:

> i try
> 
>     <reference anchor="Clos" target="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clos_network/">
>       <front>
>         <title>Clos Network</title>
> 	<author/>
>         </front>
>       </reference>
> 
> i get
> 
> Error: Unable to validate the XML document: foo.xml
> <string>: Line 1552: Element front content does not follow the DTD,
> expecting (title , author+ , date , area* , workgroup* , keyword* ,
> abstract? , note*), got (title author)

... which is that the <date> element is not optional.  If you look at
the error message, it says ... expecting (title , author+ , date , ...;
i.e., with no '*' or '?' after 'date', it cannot be omitted.  If you
add a <date/> you should do better.


Best regards,

	Henrik