Tuesday, August 17, 2004

xml2rfc 

xml2rfc is a tool for implementing RFC 2629.

"This memo describes how to write a document for the I-D and RFC series using the Extensible Markup LanguageWorld Wide Web Consortium, Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0, February 1998.[1] (XML). This memo has three goals:

To describe a simple XML Document Type Definition (DTD) that is powerful enough to handle the simple formatting requirements of RFC-like documents whilst allowing for meaningful markup of descriptive qualities.
To describe software that processes XML source files, including a tool that produces documents conforming to RFC 2223Postel, J. and J. Reynolds, Instructions to RFC Authors, October 1997.[2], HTML format, and so on.
To provide the proof-of-concept for the first two goals (this memo was written using this DTD and produced using that software).
It is beyond the scope of this memo to discuss the political ramifications of using XML as a source format for RFC-like documents. Rather, it is simply noted that adding minimal markup to plain text:

allows the traditional production of textual RFC-like documents using familiar editors;
requires some, albeit minimal, additions to existing software environments; and,
permits information to be organized, searched, and retrieved using both unstructured and structured mechanisms. "

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