I think these are valuable inputs as well. There are people involved; whether these people are happy, whether they will continue to work, are important factors. Of course there are religious arguments on the other side: "I want my architectural diagrams; they work well in the ITU and I want them here," is on the same level as "I won't use MS software."
Sam I disagree that the use of diagrams is a religious issue. Diagrams are a very simple way to put specification and context together in a compact notation such that it is easy to move from key point to key point in a non-linear way. They provide visual hyperlinking. Here is a good way to judge the value of a diagram: Look at a diagram presented in an IETF WG session and ask the questions : does this diagram make the draft easier to understand? If the answer is yes, then the diagram should probably be in the draft. The problem is that it is frequently impossible to translate the clarity of the graphics used in the presentation to the technology of ASCII art. - Stewart _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf