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Re: [xml2rfc] Where can I find a summary of the proposed RFC format changes?

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Sat, 08 November 2014 03:18 UTC

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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc] Where can I find a summary of the proposed RFC format changes?
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For the overall picture, https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-flanagan-rfc-framework
is a good starting point IMHO. It points to all the other relevant drafts.

    Brian


On 08/11/2014 09:37, Paul Hoffman wrote:
> On Nov 7, 2014, at 12:10 PM, Charlie Perkins <charles.perkins@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hello Julian and all,
>>
>> I'd like to understand the proposed changes to the RFC format.  Can you
>> or anyone point me to the relevant document(s)?
> 
> The discussion is happening on the rfc-interest mailing list (and sometimes leaks to here, but this list is really about the current format and tools only). There has already been a lot of discussion there, certainly much more than here.
> 
> The draft of the v3 format is at <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hoffman-xml2rfc>. There are a bunch of related drafts about the output formats, and an RFC <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6949>.
> 
> --Paul Hoffman
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