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Archive format #16

Open becarpenter opened 2 years ago

becarpenter commented 2 years ago

Was the policy of switching to XML2RFC as the canonical archive format a mistake? If so, should we switch to another format such as PDF/A, and should we do so retroactively?

becarpenter commented 2 years ago

Personal opinion: I have no objection to XML2RFC as the archive format but I think we have to be very explicit about forwards and backwards compatibility when the grammar is updated. Do we re-archive at that point?

However, we should be aware that the outside world will find this choice unusual.

paulehoffman commented 2 years ago

This is definitely a policy question, and should be in a revision to RFC 7990. However, I don't think we need to deal with it any time soon.

JayDaley commented 2 years ago

I've started a discussion about this issue https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rswg/AS5sRrW5iIYvuSelWHr4DwPv8EA/