The IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC), on behalf of the RFC Editor, announces this Request for Proposals for the development of a suite of tools to implement changes to the RFC format. Bidders may submit a proposal to develop the entire suite of tools or any number of the tools. The successful bidder(s) will enter into a contract with the Internet Society. The RFC Editor plans to produce a canonical RFC document in XML using the xm2rfc v3 grammar, and to publish the RFC in several Publication Formats as defined in RFC 6949. This new process requires new and updated tooling, including a revised idnits, a Publication Formatter, diff checkers, XML and SVG validators, and a text to XML generator. More specifically: 1. idnits The idnits program inspects Internet-Draft documents for a variety of conditions that should be adjusted to bring the document into line with policies from the IETF, the IETF Trust, and the RFC Editor. 2. Publication Formatter This project will result in one or more applications to produce the Text, HTML, and PDF publication formats from an xml2rfc v3 source document. It will also produce a mechanism to create an xml2rfc v3 document from an xml2rfc v2 document, and a mechanism to conditioning an xml2rfc v3 document entry into the RFC archives. 3. RFClint For a given input document, the application will help authors and the RFC Editor: • Identify and optionally remove duplicate words • Identify and optionally correct misspelled words • Verify that imbedded XML stanzas are well formed • Verify that imbedded ABNF is complete and well formed 4. svgcheck The upcoming RFC format will allow line drawings in RFCs using a specialized profile of the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) language. The RFC Editor requires a tool to verify that submitted SVG is valid and conforms to specific profile. 5. Text Submission This project will create an application to convert an Internet-Draft formatted text file to an xml2rfc v3 document. 6. XML Diff This project will create an application that operates on two xml2rfc v3 source documents, producing a visual presentation of the meaningful differences in the source. The RFP can be found at: <https://iaoc.ietf.org/rfps.html>. Proposals must be received via email at tmc@ietf-bids.org no later than October 17, 2016. All questions, inquiries must be submitted by September 28, 2016. Responses to questions and inquiries shall be posted online at: <https://iaoc.ietf.org/rfps.html> by October 3rd. The point of contact regarding this RFP is the IETF Administrative Director, Ray Pelletier, iad@ietf.org. Ray Pelletier IAD
