===== Rerendering a publication format =====

==== Guidelines ====

As noted in [[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7990.html#section-10.2|Section 10.2 of RFC 7990]], "The actual rendering engine can go through further review and iteration, as the publication formats may be republished as needed."  Below are the criteria for republishing a publication format.  To summarize, this is the case where one or more publication formats of an RFC is posted *without* replacing the XML file.  

Below, the terms "canonical format" and "publication format" are used as defined in [[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7990.html#section-3|Section 3 of RFC 7990]] and per [[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7990.html#section-5|Section 5]] "The final XML file produced by the RFC Editor will be considered the canonical format for RFCs".

Specifically, a publication format (TXT, HTML, and/or PDF) for a particular RFC may be rerendered if all of the following conditions are true:

  * An error materially affects at least one of the rendered outputs (e.g., text is missing).
  * The error is a result of the conversion tools and correction does not require changes to the canonical format.
  * Had the issue been identified earlier, publication of the affected document would have been delayed until the issue was fixed.

The defective file will be moved to a separate, publicly available directory https://www.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rerendered/, which contains a README explaining the purpose of the directory. The rerendered file will replace the defective file, and the replacement will be announced on the ietf-announce and rfc-dist mailing lists, which are the standard communication channels for announcing the publication of RFCs.

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==== List of files that have been rerendered ====

^ RFC number     ^ File(s) rerendered    ^ Date         ^ Reason    |
| [[https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9019|RFC 9019]]      | PDF                    | 2022-12-19, [[https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/PJyGNHu2cvEbQrgBA9-Q6OMhRoI/|announcement]]   | PDF rerendered so that Figures 2 and 3 are not cut off. (See https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/pull/788)         |