Jun'an Gao wrote:
>
> > *> well-known, but some RFCs such as those on OSPF may be much
> > *> more vivid if written in XML. There have been quite a few
>
> > Vivid? We are talking about deeply complex technical documents
> > here, not MTV. What do you mean, "vivid"?
>
> Maybe, we can display, say, an example of routing information flow,
> vividly. Putting a hyperlink to a GIF animation in the XML document
> would works.
Pointing to where?
Should active Internet connectivity be necessary to read an RFC?
Even if a "local"/file URL is specified, how can this compound
document get distributed via Email ... mailers vary greatly in
how they deal with attachments.
I definitely see the potential value in HTML/XML *annotated*
RFCs. But they should be an additional expression of what
is in the ASCII.
cheers -- Sean
