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

Julian Reschke wrote:
> Joe Touch schrieb:
> > ...
> > As long as future versions are backward compatible with all past
> > versions, that's fine. That has not been my impression of xml2rfc over
> > the small window I tried to use it.
> > ...
> I guess that depends on the expectation. RFC2629 defines semantical
> markup. If your expectation is that a given input document will produce
> *identical* ASCII output over time, then yes, you may experience
> incompatibilities.
That's a problem when it changes page numbers (which end up being as
useful as semantic tags) or figures. Or (as importantly) template or
boilerplate text.

Joe

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