Not directly answering, but in AsciiDoc I would suggest `[contact]#Nguyễn Ái Quốc#`, which is similar to the notation for <bcp14> (https://www.metanorma.com/author/ietf/topics/markup/#inline-formatting). On 8/11/20 7:55 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote: > For those who don’t know what the subject line is talking about, please have a quick look at: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses > > > ASCIIDOC uses (((term))) as the notation to put “term” into the index at its point (“concealed index term”), a convention that kramdown-rfc copies for its markdown dialect. > (I’m not planning to fix anything about this until ASCIIDOC offers a replacement that would fit well with markdown; in any case, I’d only add another convention. > Fortunately, the index functionality of RFCXML is rarely used in RFCs.) > > With the rise of RFCXMLv3, now I need a more friendly notation for the construct > > <contact fullName=“Nguyễn Ái Quốc”/> > > Am I a complete idiot to think that {{{Nguyễn Ái Quốc}}} is a good way to express this in kramdown-rfc’s markdown dialect, the above notwithstanding? > It would never be visible as such in published material, only in the markdown source code. > > [Searching RFCs, RFC 6386 contains the line > union mv chroma_mv[4] = {{{0}}}; > in some source code; triple braces are not used anywhere else that I can find. > For another random example, note that Trac's wiki syntax uses {{{…}}} for monospace/code; but there are usually no names of people in those braces. > Since the slur was only invented in 2014, these notations predate that.] > > Alternative notations that avoid the obvious trap, are still as easy to read and type, and don’t create new backwards compatibility nightmares, are expressly solicited. > > Sorry for the cross-posting to ietf@; we don’t have a mailing list for this kind of subject yet. (In case it wasn’t clear, I’m looking for serious opinions here.) > > Grüße, Carsten > -- Marc Petit-Huguenin Email: marc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: https://marc.petit-huguenin.org Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petithug
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