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Re: A modest proposal - allow the ID repository to hold xml

2003-09-02 12:06:32
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"IMC" == IMC  <Paul> writes:
    >> I think there are quite a few reasons.  Mine are:
    >> 1) Ability to render in alternate ways to improve
    >> readability and accessibility

    IMC> Please be more specific on "accessibility". Which groups of people 
    IMC> are currently excluded, or would be much more included with XML 
    IMC> documents?

  Not clear to me, but it certainly makes it easier to steal good formatting
from other drafts :-)

    >> 2) Ability to cross reference documents

    IMC> That benefit only appears if all, or a significant proportion, of the 
    IMC> Internet Drafts are in XML or a similar format. That's not what you 
    IMC> proposed.

  We presently have all of the RFCs in referenceable form.
  Many IDs are available in XML, but we can't find them, so we have to make
new XML biblio files.

    >> 3) More uniformity in, e.g. references

    IMC> In what way is that helpful? Are there kinds of references commonly 
    IMC> used now that don't work well?

  It makes referencing documents very easy.

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