RFC 2629






Network Working Group                                            M. Rose
Request for Comments: 2629                        Invisible Worlds, Inc.
Category: Informational                                        June 1999


                    Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo presents a technique for using XML (Extensible Markup
   Language) as a source format for documents in the Internet-Drafts
   (I-Ds) and Request for Comments (RFC) series.





























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Table of Contents

   1.      Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.      Using the DTD to Write I-Ds and RFCs . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   2.1     XML basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   2.2     Front matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   2.2.1   The title Element  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   2.2.2   The author Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   2.2.3   The date Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   2.2.4   Meta Data Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   2.2.5   The abstract Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   2.2.6   The note Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   2.2.7   Status, Copyright Notice, Table of Contents  . . . . . . .  9
   2.2.7.1 Conformance with RFC 2026  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   2.2.8   Everything in the Front  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   2.3     The Middle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   2.3.1   The section Element  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   2.3.1.1 The t Element  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   2.3.1.2 The list Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   2.3.1.3 The figure Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   2.3.1.4 The xref Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
   2.3.1.5 The eref Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
   2.3.1.6 The iref Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
   2.3.1.7 The vspace Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
   2.4     Back matter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   2.4.1   The references Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   2.4.2   Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
   2.4.3   Copyright Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
   3.      Processing the XML Source File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
   3.1     Editing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
   3.1.1   Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
   3.2     Converting to Text Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
   3.3     Converting to HTML Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
   3.4     Viewing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
   3.5     Searching  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
   4.      Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
           References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
           Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
   A.      The rfc Element  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
   B.      The RFC DTD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
   C.      Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
   Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31








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1. Introduction

   This memo describes how to write a document for the I-D and RFC
   series using the Extensible Markup Language [1] (XML). This memo has
   three goals:

   1.  To describe a simple XML Document Type Definition (DTD) that is
       powerful enough to handle the simple formatting requirements of
       RFC-like documents whilst allowing for meaningful markup of
       descriptive qualities.

   2.  To describe software that processes XML source files, including a
       tool that produces documents conforming to RFC 2223 [2], HTML
       format, and so on.

   3.  To provide the proof-of-concept for the first two goals (this
       memo was written using this DTD and produced using that
       software).

   It is beyond the scope of this memo to discuss the political
   ramifications of using XML as a source format for RFC-like documents.
   Rather, it is simply noted that adding minimal markup to plain text:

   o  allows the traditional production of textual RFC-like documents
      using familiar editors;

   o  requires some, albeit minimal, additions to existing software
      environments; and,

   o  permits information to be organized, searched, and retrieved using
      both unstructured and structured mechanisms.




















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2. Using the DTD to Write I-Ds and RFCs

   We do not provide a formal or comprehensive description of XML.
   Rather, this section discusses just enough XML to use a Document Type
   Declaration (DTD) to write RFC-like documents.

   If you're already familiar with XML, skip to Appendix B to look at
   the DTD.

2.1 XML basics

   There are very few rules when writing in XML, as the syntax is
   simple. There are five terms you'll need to know:

   1.  An "element" usually refers to a start tag, an end tag, and all
       the characters in between, e.g., "text and/or nested
       elements"

   2.  An "empty element" combines the start tag and the end tag, e.g.,
       "". You don't find these in HTML.

   3.  An "attribute" is part of an element. If present, they occur in
       the start tag, e.g., "". Of course, they
       can also appear in empty elements, e.g., "".

   4.  An "entity" is a textual macro that starts with "&". Don't worry
       about these, you'll only use them whenever you want to put a "&"
       or a "<" in your text.

   5.  A "token" is a string of characters. The first character is
       either a letter or an underscore ("_"). Any characters that
       follow are either letters, numbers, an underscore, or a period
       (".").

   First, start your source file with an XML declaration, a reference to
   the DTD, and the "rfc" element:

       
       
       
           ...
       

   Ignore the first two lines -- the declaration and the reference --
   and simply treat them as opaque strings. Nothing else should be
   present after the "" tag.

   Second, make sure that all elements are properly matched and nested.



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   A properly matched element that starts with "" is eventually
   followed with "". (Empty elements are always matched.)
   Elements are properly nested when they don't overlap.

   For example,

       
           ...
           
               ...
           
           ...
       

   is properly nested.

   However,

       
           ...
           
               ...
           
           ...
       

   overlaps, so the elements aren't properly nested.

   Third, never use "<" or "&" in your text. Instead, use either "<"
   or "&", respectively.

   Fourth, there are two quoting characters in XML, 'apostrophe' and
   "quotation". Make sure that all attributes values are quoted, e.g.,
   "", If the value contains one of the quoting
   characters, then use the other to quote the value, e.g., "", If the value contains both quoting characters, then use
   one of them to quote the value, and replace occurrances of that
   character in the attribute value with either ''' (apostrophe) or
   """ (quotation), e.g., "".

   If you want to put a comment in your source file, here's the syntax:

           

   Finally, XML is case sensitive.





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2.2 Front matter

   Immediately following the "" tag is the "front" element:

       
       
       
           
               
               <author ...>
               <author ...>
               <date ...>
               <area ...>
               <workgroup ...>
               <keyword ...>
               <keyword ...>
               <abstract ...>
               <note ...>
           </front>
           ...
       </rfc>

   (Note that in all examples, indentation is used only for expository
   purposes.)

   The "front" element consists of a "title" element, one or more
   "author" elements, a "date" element, one or more optional "area"
   elements, one or more optional "workgroup" elements, one or more
   optional "keyword" elements, an optional "abstract" element. and, one
   or more optional "note" elements.

2.2.1 The title Element

   The "title" element identifies the title of the document. Because the
   title will be used in the headers of the document when formatted
   according to [2], if the title is more than 42 characters, then an
   abbreviation should also be provided, e.g.,

       <title abbrev="Much Ado about Nothing">
       The IETF's Discussion on "Source Format of RFC Documents"
       










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2.2.2 The author Element

   Each "author" element identifies a document author. Since a document
   may have more than one author, more than one "author" element may be
   present. If the author is a person, then three attributes must be
   present in the "" tag, "initials", "surname", and
   "fullname", e.g.,

       

   The "author" element itself consists of an "organization" element,
   and, an optional "address" element.

   The "organization" element is similar to the "title" element, in that
   an abbreviation may be paired with a long organization name using the
   "abbrev" attribute, e.g.,

       
           USC/Information Sciences Institute
       

   The "address" element consists of an optional "postal" element, an
   optional "phone" element, an optional "facsimile" element, an
   optional "email" element, and, an optional "uri" element.

   The "postal" element contains one or more "street" elements, followed
   by any combination of "city", "region" (state or province), "code"
   (zipcode or postal code), and "country" elements, e.g.,

       
           660 York Street
           M/S 40
           San Francisco CA
           94110
           US
       

   This flexibility is provided to allow for different national formats
   for postal addresses. Note however, that although the order of the
   "city", "region", "code", and "country" elements isn't specified, at
   most one of each may be present. Regardless, these elements must not
   be re-ordered during processing by an XML application (e.g., display
   applications must preserve the ordering of the information contained
   in these elements). Finally, the value of the "country" element
   should be a two-letter code from ISO 3166.





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   The "phone", "facsimile", "email", and "uri" elements are simple,
   e.g.,

       +1 415 695 3975
       mrose@not.invisible.net
       http://invisible.net/

2.2.3 The date Element

   The "date" element identifies the publication date of the document.
   It consists of a month and a year, e.g.,

       

   The "date" element also has an optional day attribute.

2.2.4 Meta Data Elements

   The "front" element may contain meta data -- the content of these
   elements does not appear in printed versions of the document.

   A document has one or more optional "area", "workgroup" and "keyword"
   elements, e.g.,

       General
       RFC Beautification Working Group
       RFC
       Request for Comments
       I-D
       Internet-Draft
       XML
       Extensible Markup Language

   The "area" elements identify a general category for the document
   (e.g., one of "Applications", "General", "Internet", "Management",
   "Operations", "Routing", "Security", "Transport", or "User"), while
   the "workgroup" elements identify the IETF working groups that
   produced the document, and the "keyword" elements identify useful
   search terms.












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2.2.5 The abstract Element

   A document may have an "abstract" element, which contains one or more
   "t" elements (Section 2.3.1.1). In general, only a single "t" element
   is present, e.g.,

       
           This memo presents a technique for using XML
           (Extensible Markup Language) as a source format
           for documents in the Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) and
           Request for Comments (RFC) series.
       

2.2.6 The note Element

   A document may have one or more "note" elements, each of which
   contains one or more "t" elements (Section 2.3.1.1). There is a
   mandatory "title" attribute. In general, the "note" element contains
   text from the IESG, e.g.,

       
           The IESG has something to say.
       

2.2.7 Status, Copyright Notice, Table of Contents

   Note that text relating to the memo's status, copyright notice, or
   table of contents is not included in the document's markup -- this is
   automatically inserted by an XML application when it produces either
   a text or HTML version of the document.

2.2.7.1 Conformance with RFC 2026

   If an Internet-Draft is being produced, then the "ipr" attribute
   should be present in the "" tag at the beginning of the file.
   The value of the attribute should be one of:

   full2026: indicating that the document is in full conformance with
      all the provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026;

   noDerivativeWorks2026: indicating that the document is in full
      conformance with all the provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026
      except that the right to produce derivative works is not granted;
      or,

   none: indicating that the document is NOT offered in accordance with
      Section 10 of RFC 2026, and the author does not provide the IETF
      with any rights other than to publish as an Internet-Draft.



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   In the latter case, a copyright notice will not be automatically
   inserted during processing by an XML application.

   Consult [3] for further details.

   Finally, if the Internet-Draft is being submitted to an automated
   process, then the "docName" attribute should be present in the
   "" tag at the beginning of the file. The value of this attribute
   contains the document (not file) name associated with this Internet-
   Draft, e.g.,

       
           ...
       

2.2.8 Everything in the Front

   So, putting it all together, we have, e.g.,

       
           Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML

           
               Invisible Worlds, Inc.

               
660 York Street M/S 40 San Francisco CA 94110 US +1 415 695 3975 mrose@not.invisible.net http://invisible.net/
General RFC Beautification Working Group RFC Request for Comments I-D Rose Informational [Page 10] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 Internet-Draft XML Extensible Markup Language This memo presents a technique for using XML (Extensible Markup Language) as a source format for documents in the Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) and Request for Comments (RFC) series.
2.3 The Middle The "middle" element contains all the sections of the document except for the bibliography and appendices: ...
... The "middle" element consists of one or more "section" elements. 2.3.1 The section Element Each "section" element contains a section of the document. There is a mandatory attribute, "title", that identifies the title of the section. There is also an optional attribute, "anchor", that is used for cross-referencing with the "xref" element (Section 2.3.1.4), e.g.,
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Rose Informational [Page 11] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 The "section" element is recursive -- each contains any number and combination of "t", "figure", and "section" elements, e.g.,
...
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2.3.1.1 The t Element The "t" element contains any number and combination of paragraphs, lists, and figures. If a cross-reference is needed to a section, figure, or reference, the "xref" element (Section 2.3.1.4) is used; similarly, if an external-reference is needed, the "eref" element (Section 2.3.1.5) is used. Indexing of text is provided by the the "iref" element (Section 2.3.1.6). 2.3.1.2 The list Element The "list" element contains one or more items. Each item is a "t" element, allowing for recursion, e.g., The pfirst item. The second item, which contains two bulleted sub-items: The first sub-item. The second sub-item. The "list" element has an optional attribute, "style", having the value "numbers" (for numeric lists), "symbols" (for bulleted lists), "hanging" (for hanging lists), or, "empty" (for indented text). If a "list" element is nested, the default value is taken from its closest parent; otherwise, the default value is "empty". Rose Informational [Page 12] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 When nested within a "hanging list" element, the "t" element has an optional attribute, "hangText" that specifies the text to be inserted, e.g., indicating that the document is in full conformance with all the provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026; indicating that the document is in full conformance with all the provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026 except that the right to produce derivative works is not granted; or, indicating that the document is NOT offered in accordance with Section 10 of RFC 2026, and the author does not provide the IETF with any rights other than to publish as an Internet-Draft. 2.3.1.3 The figure Element The "figure" element groups an optional "preamble" element, an "artwork" element, and an optional "postamble" element together. The "figure" element also has an optional "anchor" attribute that is used for cross-referencing with the "xref" element (Section 2.3.1.4). There is also an optional "title" attribute that identifies the title of the figure. The "preamble" and "postamble" elements, if present, are simply text. If a cross-reference is needed to a section, figure, or reference, the "xref" element (Section 2.3.1.4) is used; similarly, if an external-reference is needed, the "eref" element (Section 2.3.1.5) is used. Indexing of text is provided by the the "iref" element (Section 2.3.1.6). The "artwork" element, which must be present, contains "ASCII artwork". Unlike text contained in the "t", "preamble", or "postamble" elements, both horizontal and vertical whitespace is significant in the "artwork" element. Rose Informational [Page 13] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 So, putting it all together, we have, e.g.,
So, putting it all together, we have, e.g., ascii artwork goes here... be sure to use "<" or "&" instead of "<" and "&", respectively! which is a very simple example.
which is a very simple example. If you have artwork with a lot of "<" characters, then there's an XML trick you can use:
If you have artwork with a lot of "<" characters, then there's an XML trick you can use: The "<![CDATA[ ... ]]>" construct is called a CDATA block -- everything between the innermost brackets is left alone by the XML application.
The "" construct is called a CDATA block -- everything between the innermost brackets is left alone by the XML application. Because the "figure" element represents a logical grouping of text and artwork, an XML application producing a text version of the document should attempt to keep these elements on the same page. Because RFC 2223 [2] allows no more than 69 characters by 49 lines of content on each page, XML applications should be prepared to prematurely introduce page breaks to allow for better visual grouping. Rose Informational [Page 14] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 Finally, the "artwork" element has two optional attributes: "name" and "type". The former is used to suggest a filename to use when storing the content of the "artwork" element, whilst the latter contains a suggestive data-typing for the content. 2.3.1.4 The xref Element The "xref" element is used to cross-reference sections, figures, and references. The mandatory "target" attribute is used to link back to the "anchor" attribute of the "section", "figure", and "reference" elements. The value of the "anchor" and "target" attributes should be formatted according to the token syntax in Section 2.1. If used as an empty element, e.g., according to the token syntax in . then the XML application inserts an appropriate phrase during processing, such as "Section 2.1" or "XML Basics". If used with content, e.g., conforming to 2223">RFC 2223. then the XML application inserts an appropriate designation during processing, such as "RFC 2223 [2]" or "2223">RFC 2223". Although the XML application decides what "an appropriate designation" might be, its choice is consistent throughout the processing of the document. 2.3.1.5 The eref Element The "eref" element is used to reference external documents. The mandatory "target" attribute is a URI [4], e.g., Cafe con Leche Note that while the "target" attribute is always present, the "eref" element may be empty, e.g., and the XML application inserts an appropriate designation during processing such as "[9]" or "http://invisible.net/". Rose Informational [Page 15] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 2.3.1.6 The iref Element The "iref" element is used to add information to an index. The mandatory "item" attribute is the primary key the information is stored under, whilst the optional "subitem" attribute is the secondary key, e.g., Finally, note that the "iref" element is always empty -- it never contains any text. 2.3.1.7 The vspace Element The "vspace" element, which may occur only inside the "t" element, is used by the author to provide formatting guidance to the XML application. There is an attribute, "blankLines", that indicates the number of blank lines that should be inserted. A physical linebreak is specified by using the default value, "0". In addition, the "vspace" element can be used to force a new physical paragraph within a list item, e.g., This is list item. This is part of the same list item, although when displayed, it appears as a separate physical paragraph. An XML application producing a text version of the document should exercise care when encountering a value for "blankLines" that causes a pagebreak -- in particular, if a "vspace" element causes a pagebreak, then no further blank lines should be inserted. This allows authors to "force" a pagebreak by using an arbitrarily large value, e.g., "blankLines='100'". Finally, note that the "vspace" element is always empty -- it never contains any text. Rose Informational [Page 16] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 2.4 Back matter Finally, the "back" element is used for references and appendices: ...
The "back" element consists of an optional "references" element, and, one or more optional "section" elements. The "back" element itself is optional, if your document doesn't have any references or appendices, you don't have to include it. 2.4.1 The references Element The "references" element contains the document's bibliography. It contains one or more "reference" elements. Each "reference" element contains a "front" element and one or more optional "seriesInfo" elements. We've already discussed the "front" element back in Section 2.2. The "seriesInfo" element has two attributes, "name" and "value" that identify the document series and series entry, respectively. Rose Informational [Page 17] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 The "reference" element has an optional "anchor" attribute that is used for cross-referencing with the "xref" element (Section 2.3.1.4), e.g., 2200"> Internet Official Protocol Standards USC/Information Sciences Institute The "reference" element also has an optional "target" attribute that is used for external references (c.f., Section 2.3.1.5). The XML application, if producing an HTML version of the document will use the "target" attribute accordingly; however, if the "name" attribute of the "seriesInfo" element has the value "RFC", then the XML application should automatically provide an appropriate default for the "target" attribute (e.g., "http://example.com/rfcs/rfc2200.txt"). 2.4.2 Appendices To include appendices after the bibliography, simply add more "section" elements. (For an example, look at the example at the beginning of Section 2.4.) 2.4.3 Copyright Status The copyright status for the document is not included in the document's markup -- this is automatically inserted by an XML application that produces either a text or HTML version of the document. Rose Informational [Page 18] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 3. Processing the XML Source File This section concerns itself with applications that operate on an XML source file. A lot of XML tools are available, as are many lists of XML resources, e.g., Cafe con Leche [5]. There are two kinds of XML tools: validating and non-validating. Both check that the source file conforms to the rules given in Section 2.1. However, in addition to making sure that the source file is well-formed, a validating tool also reads the DTD referenced by the source file to make sure that they match. There are a number of both validating and non-validating tools available. 3.1 Editing There are several XML editors available. Ideally, you want an editor that validates. This has two advantages: o the editor provides guidance in fleshing-out the document structure; and, o the editor validates that the source file matches the rules in the DTD. There are two major modes in Emacs that support XML: tdtd [6] and psgml [7]. The latter mode allows you to validate the source file (by calling an external program). If you visit the source file in Emacs and the major mode isn't "SGML" or "XML", then usually all it takes is adding these lines to your ".emacs" file: (setq auto-mode-alist (cons (cons "\\.xml$" 'sgml-mode) auto-mode-alist)) and then restarting Emacs. If this doesn't work, try one of the sources above. The author uses both sgml-mode in Emacs, and a commercial validating editor, Clip! version 1.5 [8], when editing source files. 3.1.1 Checking If your editor doesn't validate, then you should run a program to validate the source file. The author uses the AlphaWorks XML parser [9] for this purpose. It requires that your system have a Java virtual machine. In addition to Java, there are validating parsers written in C, Perl, Python, and Tcl. Rose Informational [Page 19] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 3.2 Converting to Text Format The author has written the xml2rfc tool [10], which reads the source file and produces both a text and HTML version of the document. (This memo was produced using the xml2rfc tool.) Note that xml2rfc isn't a validating tool, so it's a good idea to use either a validating editor or run a stand-alone validating parser prior to using the tool. 3.3 Converting to HTML Format The XML Style Language (XSL) is used to describe transformations from the source file into some other structured file. So, ideally you should use an XSL-capable formatter to convert an XML source file to HTML. However, as of this writing XSL is still in considerable flux. (Hence, no reference was included in this memo, as by the time you read this section, the reference would be outdated.) So, in the interim, the author uses the xml2rfc tool for this purpose, even though this tool doesn't provide much flexibility in its HTML layout. 3.4 Viewing Browsers that support either XSL or Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are able to view the source file directly. At present, the author doesn't use any of these browsers, instead converting source files to either text or HTML. 3.5 Searching As with text editors, any text-oriented search tool (e.g., grep) can be used on the source file. However, there are search tools available that understand structured source. The author uses sgrep version 1.9 [11] for this purpose, e.g. sgrep -g xml 'ELEMENTS("title") not in ELEMENTS("back")' \ writing-rfcs.xml which extracts the title element from the source file. Rose Informational [Page 20] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 4. Security Considerations This memo raises no security issues; however, according to [2], your document should contain a section near the end that discusses the security considerations of the protocol or procedures that are the main topic of your document, e.g., ...
This memo raises no security issues; however, according to 2223" />, your document should contain a section near the end that discusses the security considerations of the protocol or procedures that are the main topic of your document.
Rose Informational [Page 21] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 References [1] World Wide Web Consortium, "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0", W3C XML, February 1998. [2] Postel, J. and J. Reynolds, "Instructions to RFC Authors", RFC 2223, October 1997. [3] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision 3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996. [4] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R. and L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax", RFC 2396, August 1998. [5] http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/ [6] http://www.mulberrytech.com/tdtd/ [7] http://www.inria.fr/koala/plh/sxml.html [8] http://www.t2000-usa.com/ [9] http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/formula/xml/ [10] http://memory.palace.org/authoring/ [11] http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/~jjaakkol/sgrep.html Author's Address Marshall T. Rose Invisible Worlds, Inc. 660 York Street San Francisco, CA 94110 US Phone: +1 415 695 3975 EMail: mrose@not.invisible.net URI: http://invisible.net/ Rose Informational [Page 22] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 Appendix A. The rfc Element The "" tag at the beginning of the file, with only an "ipr" attribute (Section 2.2.7.1), produces an Internet-Draft. However, when other attributes are added to this tag by the RFC editor, an RFC is produced, e.g., At a minimum, the "number" attribute should be present. The other attributes are: o "obsoletes", having a comma-separated list of RFC numbers, that the document obsoletes; o "updates", having a comma-separated list of RFC numbers, that the document updates; o "category", having one of these values: 1. "std", for a Standards-Track document; 2. "bcp", "for a Best Current Practices document; 3. "exp", for an Experimental Protocol document; 4. "historic", for a historic document; or, 5. "info", the default, for an Informational document. o "seriesNo", having the corresponding number in the STD (std), BCP (bcp), or FYI (info) series. Finally, a special entity, "&rfc.number;", is available. Authors preparing an RFC should use this entity whenever they want to reference the number of the RFC within the document itself. In printed versions of the document, the appropriate substitution (or "XXXX") will occur. Rose Informational [Page 23] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 Appendix B. The RFC DTD Rose Informational [Page 24] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 Rose Informational [Page 26] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 Rose Informational [Page 28] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 Appendix C. Acknowledgements The author gratefully acknowledges the contributions of: Alan Barrett, Brad Burdick, Brian Carpenter, Steve Deering, Patrik Faltstrom, Jim Gettys, Carl Malamud, Chris Newman, Kurt Starsinic, and, Frank Strauss. Rose Informational [Page 29] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 Index I indexing how to 16 Rose Informational [Page 30] RFC 2629 Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML June 1999 Full Copyright Statement Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved. This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than English. The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns. This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Acknowledgement Funding for the RFC Editor function is currently provided by the Internet Society. Rose Informational [Page 31]