Implementation notes for RFC7991,
"The 'xml2rfc' Version 3 Vocabulary"
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Network Working Group                                       H. Levkowetz
Internet-Draft                                              Elf Tools AB
Intended status: Informational                          October 23, 2018
Expires: April 26, 2019

 Implementation notes for RFC7991,
"The 'xml2rfc' Version 3 Vocabulary"
           draft-levkowetz-xml2rfc-v3-implementation-notes-05

Abstract

   This memo documents issues and observations found while implementing
   RFC 7991.  Individual notes are organised into separate sections,
   depending on their character.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Fitness for Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     2.1.  Degraded Table of Contents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     2.2.  RFC Publication Date Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  Schema Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     3.1.  RFC 7991  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       3.1.1.  In Section 2.5.5, "name" Attribute  . . . . . . . . .   5
       3.1.2.  In Section 2.6, <aside> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       3.1.3.  In Section 2.12, <br> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       3.1.4.  In Section 2.20, <dl> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
       3.1.5.  New Section 2.20.4, "indent" Attribute  . . . . . . .   7
       3.1.6.  New Section 2.54.2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       3.1.7.  In Section 2.29, <li> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       3.1.8.  In Section 2.32, <name> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       3.1.9.  In Section 2.32, <organization> . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       3.1.10. In Section 2.40.2, "quoteTitle" . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       3.1.11. In Section 2.42, <references> . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       3.1.12. In Section 2.45.1, "category" Attribute . . . . . . .  10
       3.1.13. In Section 2.45.3, "docName" Attribute  . . . . . . .  10
       3.1.14. In Section 2.45.7, "number" Attribute . . . . . . . .  10
       3.1.15. In Section 2.48,  <sourcecode>  . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       3.1.16. In Section 2.53.3 and 2.53.4. . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
       3.1.17. New Section 2.X, <u>  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       3.1.18. In Section 2.63.2, <ul> "empty" attribute . . . . . .  13
       3.1.19. In Section 3.4.2, "hangIndent" Attribute  . . . . . .  14
       3.1.20. In Appendix C.  Relax NG schema . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       3.1.21. Use of the term "counter".  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     3.2.  RFC 7998  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       3.2.1.  In Section 5.2.6, Attribute Default Value Insertion .  15
       3.2.2.  In Section 5.4.6, "pn" Numbering. . . . . . . . . . .  15
     3.3.  Some attributes should have value type xsd:ID . . . . . .  16
   4.  Non-Schema Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     4.1.  RFC 7991  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       4.1.1.  In Section 2.5.7, "type" Attribute  . . . . . . . . .  16
       4.1.2.  New Section 2.8.1: Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       4.1.3.  In Section 2.17, <date> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       4.1.4.  In Section 2.40.1, "anchor" Attribute . . . . . . . .  18
       4.1.5.  In Section 2.47, <seriesInfo> . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       4.1.6.  In Appendix A.1.1: TLP switch-over date discrepancies  19