Re: Last Call: 'Proposed Experiment: Normative Format in Addition to ASC

Julian Reschke wrote:
> Joe Touch schrieb:
> > Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 09:01:22AM -0700,
> > >  Joe Touch <touch(_at_)ISI(_dot_)EDU> wrote  a message of 34 lines which 
> > > said:
> > >
> > > > > IMHO, IETF should always publish the "source" of its documents
> > > > > (the current RFC process is far from perfect in that respect).
> > > > Which source
> > > The source. The author certainly knows it (yes, I'm aware that the RFC
> > > editor performs changes which are not backported in the author's copy,
> > > a really annoying thing; that's why I said the current process is
> > > bad).
> > That's part of the problem. The other is that 'source' is useful only
> > with a snapshot of the tools that are used to process it. XML2RFC is a
> > moving target in that regard, as is Word.
> Re XML2RFC: why do you need a snapshot if future development produces
> versions that continue to implement the semantics defined in RFC2629?
It doesn't use 2329; it extends it based on its unofficial successor
(see the web pages).

Joe

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