Hopefully the new version is closer: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-editorial-rswg-mathinrfcs/
Dif is here: https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url1=draft-editorial-rswg-mathinrfcs-00&url2=draft-editorial-rswg-mathinrfcs-01&difftype=--html On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 9:02 AM Eliot Lear <[email protected]> wrote: > > This text leaves the style guide alone, and maybe that is as it should be. > But my expectations are that the RPC should incorporate a requirement for use > of MathML in the general case as and when they are ready to do so, to > facilitate consistency for the reader. > > Eliot > > > On 15 Jun 2026, at 06:25, Martin Thomson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2026, at 15:14, Martin J. Dürst wrote: > >> Hello Eliot, > >> > >>> On 2026-06-13 15:17, Eliot Lear wrote: > >>> To me this is good enough for now. I would like to ask one question: > >>> under this policy, is the RPC empowered to suggest MathML when it is not > >>> present for such short equations/incidental use? > >> > >> My guess, and preference, would be that they may suggest it, and they > >> may use it in the final RFC, if they don't force or pressure the author > >> into using it. > > > > The standard RPC rules apply here. We don't need to say anything here. > > > > That standard rule being that the RPC need to get approval from authors, > > but can escalate to stream management if they believe that there is a > > disagreement they think would affect their responsibilities (which largely > > mean "if the quality of RFCs would degrade"). We get close to saying > > something more about math presentation than is necessary, but I think we're > > OK. > > > > Eliot, I think that this would be more constructive if you answered your > > own question: does your reading of the document lead to an answer you are > > unhappy with? Your "this is good enough for now" implies otherwise, so I'm > > inferring that you are mostly OK, but wanting to point the attention of > > others at the same question. > > > > -- > > rswg mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > > -- > rswg mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- rswg mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
