[rfc-i] Proposed new RFC submission requirements

[Joe Touch]

On May 27, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke at gmx.de> wrote:

> On 2012-05-28 00:32, Joe Touch wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On May 27, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Joe Hildebrand<jhildebr at cisco.com>  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 5/27/12 12:15 PM, "Joe Touch"<touch at isi.edu>  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The format should be optimized for longevity first, utility of the output
>>>> formats second, and flexibility of the author tools third.
>>> 
>>> I agree with this, so I'm not sure why benefits to the utility of the output
>>> formats are something you keep arguing against.
>>> 
>>>>> Have you ever shepherded a document? Did you check code and references?
>>>> 
>>>> Yeah, but I didn't expect the tools to optimize that effort.
>>> 
>>> Dream bigger?
>> 
>> Tools are fine but checking tools - or any such few- time uses  shouldn't be driving this process. They're 'compile time', vs the frequency on read-time (runtime equiv) operations.
>> ...
> 
> And exactly how does additional information that allows tools to do their work negatively affect the publication format?

I've already made that clear - by adding a requirement with no discern able benefit vs cut/paste check of code and abnf,  that limits authors. 

Joe