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design:producing-output [2013/09/04 13:19]
paul Lots
design:producing-output [2013/10/22 13:51]
rsewikiadmin [Proposed Future Production]
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 ====== Proposed Future Production ====== ====== Proposed Future Production ======
  
-  - A tool (tentatively called "RFCToolv3") is used to convert XML to other formats.+  - A tool (tentatively called "RFCToolv3") is used to validate I-Ds against the new DTD 
 +    - if the I-D is in text format, then an initial step of creating an XML file is necessary 
 +    - Tool will need to be able to combine multiple XML files (i.e., images, references)
   - If the input to the RFC Editor is XML, the document is edited directly. If the input is a different format, the RFC Editor first converts it into XML using tools and (probably) hand-editing.   - If the input to the RFC Editor is XML, the document is edited directly. If the input is a different format, the RFC Editor first converts it into XML using tools and (probably) hand-editing.
   - When editing is complete,  AUTH48 state is initiated. The RFC Editor and the authors interact, and the interactions are reflected in the XML.   - When editing is complete,  AUTH48 state is initiated. The RFC Editor and the authors interact, and the interactions are reflected in the XML.
-  - Once approvals are complete, the RFC Editor finalizes the XML and uses RFCToolv3 to create all the non-normative formats. The formats are: +  - Once approvals are complete, the RFC Editor finalizes the XML and uses RFCToolv3 to create all the non-normative formats (see [[design:formats|Thoughts on Non-Canonical Formats]]).
-     HTML that is round-trippable with the XML; this will most likely be done using XSLT processing +
-     - unpaginated text +
-     - paginated text (with headers, footers, and page break characters) +
-     - PDF format 1 that looks much like how the HTML would look if printed, including having live links, text formatting (bold/italics, differing sizes), all art, and relevant headers/footers. +
-     - PDF format 2, hopefully having live links but //not// having text formatting or SVG art. (Both PDF formats are produced for US Letter and A4 page sizes.) +
-     - EPUB+
   - The RFC Editor publishes the XML and all of the other formats.   - The RFC Editor publishes the XML and all of the other formats.
  
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 +Note: Authors may run this tool prior to submission in order to gain understanding on what their final RFC is expected to look like (modulo AUTH48 changes).  This includes
 +  * creation of an XML file (if submitted file is TXT)
 +  * addition of anchors and tags
 +  * creation of all publication outputs (HTML, TXT, EPUB, PDF)
 +    * make it optional which outputs are produced by authors?
design/producing-output.txt · Last modified: 2013/10/30 09:34 by rsewikiadmin