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

[Paul Kyzivat <[e-mail]>]

On 12/16/19 2:02 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:
> On 16.12.2019 19:26, Paul Kyzivat wrote:
>> On 12/16/19 1:04 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:
>>
>>> The simplest possible approach for *that* use case is an extension of
>>> <reference> that provides the location of the XML source; the formatter
>>> can then read the source and derive the section number.
>>
>> This will only work when the reference is bound to a single immutable
>> version of the document. It won't work for a wildcard reference to the
>> "latest" version.
> 
> Well, it *does* work for the "latest" version, if you have the URI of
> the "latest" XML.
> 
> Believe me, we (the HTTPBIS WG) have been doing this for a decade.

I don't see how you are going to make that work.

Suppose we have draft-foo that contains a reference to section-xyz of 
draft-bar. Now at the time draft-foo-00.xml is submitted the most recent 
version of draft-bar is -00 and in that section-xyz is Section 6. When 
it is posted, draft-foo-00.txt and draft-foo-00.html are generated.

Later, draft-bar-01 is posted in which section-xyz is Section 8. 
Subsequently, what will the reference look like when I view 
draft-foo-00.txt and draft-foo-00.html in a browser? Note that these 
have not been regenerated from the xml since the original submission.

	Thanks,
	Paul