On 7/11/19 4:32 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
On 10.07.2019 18:52, Keith Moore wrote:
On 7/10/19 12:31 PM, Nico Williams wrote:
would be nice if there were a standard format we could use, but I
XML is standard;
Ah. That explains why every time I try to write a new RFC, the required
format has changed in an incompatible way.
...
Example?
It has been long enough that I don't remember the details. Of course
it wasn't XML itself that had changed, it was the DTD and/or the
requirements for boilerplate and/or the magic incantations required to
get references to work.
It's a bit like saying that SMTP is a standard, but if you actually want
to be able to send outgoing mail without it getting blocked by random
spam filters there is a set of magic and arbitrary things that you have
to do to appease the mail gods. I suspect part of it involves parts of
a walrus and must be done at midnight on a full moon.
Keith
