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

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Mon, 16 December 2019 19:02 UTC

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To: Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu>, xml2rfc@ietf.org
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From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc] can xref section= reference an anchor?
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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.

Best regards, Julian

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