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

2003-09-02 14:50:07
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"Lyndon" == Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon(_at_)orthanc(_dot_)ab(_dot_)ca> 
writes:
    Lyndon> - give me a list of all the documents "belonging" to a particular
    Lyndon> WG 

  Ironically, it is easier with IDs than RFCs :-)

    Lyndon> - for any given RFC, show me the chain of document dependencies
    Lyndon> (obsoletes, updated by, obsoleted by) that pass through this
    Lyndon> document 

    Lyndon> - for any given RFC, generate a dependency graph based on the
    Lyndon> normative  references in this document

...

    Lyndon> I'm not sure how to address the problem with legacy RFCs. I'll
    Lyndon> bet we could find volunteers to generate XML equivalents from the

  For this kind of thing, you don't need the entire document in XML, just
the references.... I believe that all of the RFCs have been converted such
that they can be referenced. Adding what they reference wouldn't be that
hard at this point.

    Lyndon> And just to eliminate any lingering doubt, I'll note that I'm now
    Lyndon> using xml2rfc for all my current and future drafts. (There,
    Lyndon> *that* just gave several people heart attacks ;-)

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