RFC Format BoF - Agenda
 
Please review the following before the BoF:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rse/wiki/doku.php?id=design:start


1. Reminder: the announcement in May indicated several things
    a. the canonical format  for re exploring for RFCs is XML
    b. four publication formats will be created from that XML: HTML, EPUB, text and PDF
    c. non-ASCII characters would be allowed in a controlled fashion

2. A RFC format design team was put together during IETF 87 in Berlin to clear up the details implied by those statements.  

3. Current status of that work:
    a. In-progress: documenting the current vocabulary and description of the current xml2rfc DTD up to date and drafting the proposed changes going forward 
    b. In Progress: requirements for the HTML and text formats 
    c. Agreement in principle to include non-ASCII characters in RFCs
    d. A high level work flow for how the tool will be used in production by authors and the RFC Editor
    e. In progress: details around the use of images

4. Next steps:
    a. Finish the xml2rfc v2 and v3 descriptions and requirements
    b. Finish draft-hildebrand-html-rfc
    c. Create the RFP to start on the specs, followed by the development phase
    d. Discuss what, if any, changes should be phased in versus a formal cut-over
    e. Discuss how this affects the submission process and I-D format