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Parent issue: RFC Format Specific issue: images, character encoding, archival format

Size (time): 18+ months Importance/Urgency: High/High

Problem Statement: There is significant community feedback that the limitations of plain ASCII impact the quality and reputation of the RFC series. The inability to include images, complex equations, international characters, and support for small screens are just some of the areas of concern and debate among the community.

The goals of this project are

  • to document the requirements for RFC from the RFC Editor, author, and reader perspective,
  • to make a decision on the appropriate format
  • to define appropriate sub-projects for tools changes

RSE Actions:

RSOC Actions:

  • review process by which decision will be reached
  • provide input on specific requirements, format decisions
  • provide input on any funding requests that come out of a format change

RFC Production Center & Publisher Actions:

  • Provide input on editor requirements
  • Participate in the RFC Format Design Team

Costs/Benefits

Financial:

  • TBD; most visible impact on cost will be for programming time for the necessary tools, as defined by the Design Team and the Tools Team

Project schedules:

Reputation: Not doing anything would result in a very high reputational cost

Estimated completion date: TBD

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