> Word is of course out of the question since it is proprietary, > undocumented, and unstable. I hope we have consensus on that. I hope so too! I initially thought the proposal to use M$ Word as an official format was a joke. The IETF has a tradition of not caring how our documents are prepared, that is up to the editor, while we have a simple common format for our working and published documents. I personally use Word for preparing my drafts, as Word works well for me when kept in a single environment (and "at one point" in time). However, based on experience from trying to get standards documents from other SDOs, I consider Word completely broken for publishing purposes. It produces complex files, the format is unstable and not even compatible with itself, etc. Personally, I do not agree ASCII is insufficient. But if others do I would support taking small steps towards a new format, if that format is as openly specified, stable, non-proprietary, and can be expected to be generally readable over time and in *all* environments. /L-E _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf