Re: Checking I-Ds for nits.

[Marshall Rose <mrose+mtr.ietf@dbc.mtview.ca.us>]

> I think, most of the newcomers start with microsoft word which probably is the
> worst choice :-(
> 
> Do we ask the contributors to submit just the txt file or also the xml/rtf etc
> file too ? If the author submits the txt file, how should chair make sure that
> all the ID-nits requirements are met before the chair submits the draft to
> IESG ?
i think that internet-drafts@ietf.org will accept the .xml file along with the
.txt file. but there's no need to submit both. just submit the .txt...


> Checking the formatting manually doesn't seem like a viable choice.

well, that's pretty much the way it ends up getting done, either by the
secretariat, an AD, or, ultimately, the RFC editor...

/mtr