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> On Jun 22, 2026, at 11:47 AM, Eliot Lear <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 
> 
> On 22.06.2026 17:13, Russ Housley wrote:
>> This reads funny to me:
>> 
>>    5.  The RPC is expected to exercise discretion about the inclusion of
>>        how math is presented in "inline" form or figures.  In those
>>        contexts, especially for smaller or less complex math, simple
>>        text versions can be superior to full equations.
>> 
>> Perhaps:
>> 
>>    5.  The RPC is expected to exercise discretion regarding the inclusion
>>         of "inline" math in the body of the document or in figures.  Simple
>>         math within text can be superior to full equations.
> I would go one further.  I would drop the last sentence.  What is or is not 
> superior is not a policy statement, and I'm not convinced it's provable one 
> way or the other at this point.
> 
> Eliot
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 20, 2026, at 7:39 PM, Alexis Rossi <[email protected]> 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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]> 
>>> <mailto:[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]> 
>>>>> <mailto:[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.
>>>>> 
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