Tangential FYI - how the IETF is changing their digital publishing format(s)

From: Heather Flanagan (RFC Series Editor) <rse@rfc-editor.org> · Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:26:32 -0800

Hi all,

Some of you might be interested in seeing the gory details behind how
the IETF/IAB/IRTF/Independent Submissions document streams for the RFC
Series are preparing to change the format of RFCs.

Feel free to participate in the conversation; even a "hey, this is good
stuff" would be considered very useful feedback. Reading list and
details are included below.

Thanks,
Heather

-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: [rfc-i] UPDATED Call for Comment: RFC Format Drafts
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:35:24 -0800
From: IAB Executive Administrative Manager <execd@iab.org>
Reply-To: rfc-interest@rfc-editor.org, iab@iab.org
To: IETF Announcement List <ietf-announce@ietf.org>
CC: rfc-interest@rfc-editor.org

This is an announcement of an IETF-wide Call for Comment on the RFC
Format Drafts. These documents are being considered for publication as
Informational RFCs within the IAB stream.  The suggested reading order
is:

1. The big picture

- - - Flanagan, H., "RFC Format Framework",
   http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-rfc-framework/

2. The underlying vocabulary

- - - Hoffman, P., "The 'XML2RFC' version 3 Vocabulary",
    https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-xml2rfc/

3. The outputs

- - - Hildebrand, J. and P. Hoffman, "HyperText Markup
   Language Request For Comments Format”,
   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-html-rfc/

- - - Flanagan, H., "Requirements for Plain Text RFCs",
   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-rfc-plaintext/

- - - Hansen, T., Masinter, L., and M. Hardy, "PDF for
   an RFC Series Output Document Format”,
   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-rfc-use-of-pdf/

- - - Brownlee, N., "SVG Drawings for RFCs: SVG 1.2 RFC",
   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-svg-rfc/

4. Generalized requirements

- - - Flanagan, H., "The Use of Non-ASCII Characters in RFCs",
   https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-iab-rfc-nonascii-00.pdf

- - - Flanagan, H., “CSS Requirements for RFCs”,
   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-rfc-css/

5. Workflow and tools (note that the examples draft will
   not become an RFC, but is necessary for the project)

- - - Hildebrand, J. and P. Hoffman, "RFC v3 Prep Tool Description",
   https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-rfcv3-preptool/

- - - Hoffman, P. and T. Hansen, "Examples of the ‘XML2RFC'
   Version 2 and 3 Vocabularies”,
   http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-hoffman-rfcexamples/

6. The Statements of Work

- - - http://www.nostrum.com/~rjsparks/rfced/

The Call for Comment will last until 2016-03-11. Please send comments to
rfc-interest@rfc-editor.org and iab@iab.org. Please note that messages
sent to rfc-interest from addresses that are not subscribed to the list
will have to wait for moderation. To subscribe to rfc-interest, go to
https://www.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-interest.

[The initial call for comments sent 2016-03-10 requested feedback only
to iab@iab.org, which is not a public list. The feedback received to
date will be forwarded to rfc-interest.]

For comments on individual drafts, please include the relevant document
filename in the subject line.

_______________________________________________
rfc-interest mailing list
rfc-interest@rfc-editor.org
https://www.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-interest