Re: Alternative formats for IDs

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker at bbiw.net>]

> > It seems like the more efficient approach would be to essentially have
> > two stages, where the authors first sign off on the result of
> > copy-editing, and then on whatever cosmetic changes are needed after
> > the final conversion.
>
> It's worth mentioning that this is exactly how book publication
> works. 

Exactly right.  So, the question is whether the IETF needs to use an operational 
model that guarantees certain, high overhead, or whether we can enjoy a model 
that permits us to move much of the grunt work out to the authors. 
(Interestingly, we can have the second-stage copy-editing either way, but with 
far more of the grunt work done by authors, for one of the models.)

The quality of the copy-editing that the rfc editor does is quite high.  But it 
also imposes a very high aggregate cost on the IETF.  Do we *really* need to 
spend that money, for that benefit?

d/

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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
<http://bbiw.net>

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