19 Mar 21:07
Re: html formatting
From: Marshall Rose <mrose <at> dbc.mtview.ca.us>
Subject: Re: html formatting
Newsgroups: gmane.text.xml.rfc
Date: 2007-03-19 20:07:51 GMT
Subject: Re: html formatting
Newsgroups: gmane.text.xml.rfc
Date: 2007-03-19 20:07:51 GMT
> The dual link is IMO ugly, and the HTML version does link to the > canonical text version, but is more convenient to use. > > +1 for linking to the HTML i think that the rfc editor might take issue with respect to whether or not an HTML version of an rfc is "canonical". however, there is a <format/> element which allows a reference to indicate different formats for the same document. this introduces some possibilities for a <reference/> element with a <seriesInfo name='RFC'/> but no <format/> elements: option #1: act as if there is an implicit element for the HTML format. this will introduce an (HTML) at the tail end of the reference. the name of the document remains a hyperlink to the text version. option #2: act as if there is an implicit element for the TXT format and make the hyperlink for the document's name point to the HTML version. /mtr
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