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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To: Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu>
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Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Extend xml2rfc with:
> =E2=80=A2 A way to tag sections of the document that contain ABNF, so tha=
t
>   its easy to extract just the ABNF from the XML document.

This already exists - see RFC 2629 section 2.3.1.3 on the <figure>
element, where the final paragraph says:

   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.

xml2rfc understands <artwork type=3D"abnf"> - see section 6.2 of its README=
=2E
It performs ABNF syntax checks and colourizing, but I don't think it
checks for undefined rule names (though I haven't tried it recently).

Tony.
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