On Thu, 2005/04/07 (MDT), <moore@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 2005/04/07 (MDT), <blilly@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Draft section 8 states: > > Furthermore, drafts containing PDF or Postscript format > must not be auto-posted until the Toolset can validate that their > content matches plain text format (R143/a). > > That would seem to be unnecessary if PostScript/PDF are generated > automatically (by the Toolset) from the same source used to generate > text.
The requirement is, of course, necessary (it does not depend on what the Toolset does or does not; it is driven by IETF needs).
If text and PDF/PS formats are generated automatically (and correctly) by
the Toolset from the same source, then the Toolset effectively validates
that PDF/PS content matches plain text format.
not necessarily - for instance if the source can conditionally generate content depending on the output format.
Good and important point indeed! I will try to include a corresponding informal "hint" into the draft.
which, if you think about it, is about the only reason we should bother trying to generate multiple formats from a common source.
Here I disagree because presentation quality matters to humans who read our drafts, but I do not think we should argue about this. It will probably boil down to the definition of "content". Not important...
Thank you,
Alex.
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