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

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

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).

Best regards, Julian