This is better by far than its predecessor.  Quite clear.  Almost ready.

I do wonder why we do not use the word "English" anywhere.  It might be most 
helpful here:

>  The policy for the RFC Series is that all displayable text is allowed as 
> long as the reader of an RFC can interpret that text.

"[...] as long as an **English-speaking** reader of an RFC can interpret that 
text" might be better.

As a nit, the exceptions could be better structured:

> Note that this policy only applies to normative or descriptive text; text 
> such as names does not need character description. Further, some RFC authors 
> might choose to use something other than the "U+NNNN" syntax to describing 
> characters, such as if the RFC already covers a different syntax that the 
> reader will understand from the rest of the RFC.

Could be:

> This policy applies only to normative or descriptive text.  Names and 
> examples require different treatment; see sections X and Y respectively.

The text on U+nNnN alternatives can be moved to the preceding paragraph, which 
addresses that point.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2025, at 10:39, Pete Resnick wrote:
> Apparently I am inept with the datatracker, so this message serves as 
> the start of a 2-week WGLC for draft-rswg-rfc7997bis-05. Find the 
> document here:
>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-rswg-rfc7997bis/
>
> We've already had a few comments on the list. At the conclusion of the 
> WGLC, I'll have Paul roll a -06 covering those comments and, if all 
> looks good, I can toss it over the wall to the RSAB.
>
> pr
>
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