On Mar 16, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Gerry Demaret <ml+ripe-list@x-net.be> wrote:
* The RFC style guide [1] could be a good base. Replace ASCII with UTF-8, remove the paging requirement and perhaps some other bits and pieces we don't need and I think we could be there. Having very similar guidelines as other major organizations does seem like a big plus to me.
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FYI (and since it is fun to sign with a specific job-title), Note that the RFC Editor has just finished gathering requirements on how to evolve the series to deal with i18n issues and inclusion of diagrams (the document is approved for publication as RFC last week). http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-iab-rfcformatreq-03 The RFC community is probably a little conservative as the RFC Series is an 'archival series'. But that draft documents some pros and cons. The issues that Gerry lists above can be found in the requirements draft. --Olaf Kolkman former ARSE (Acting RFC Series Editor) NLnet Labs Olaf M. Kolkman www.NLnetLabs.nl olaf@NLnetLabs.nl Science Park 400, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands