Subject: [Xml-sg-cmt] improving <contact>

From: Alice Russo <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2021 14:48:49 -0700

Hi all,
During a ticket review last week, Robert suggested that I raise this topic to this group (and that it relates to where non-ASCII chars are allowed in the grammar). 

Sandy pointed out that <contact> improvement requests seem to recur: 
https://trac.ietf.org/trac/xml2rfc/ticket/519 - Permit <contact> in <li>
https://trac.ietf.org/trac/xml2rfc/ticket/642 - make <contact> within <t> more useful
(Rare use cases:
https://trac.ietf.org/trac/xml2rfc/ticket/623 https://trac.ietf.org/trac/xml2rfc/ticket/471)

Past notes on <contact>:
https://codimd.ietf.org/cmt-20210222#

2 cents: It would be useful for <contact> to be enhanced as in #642 & #519 so it could be used to make a list of individuals & their affiliations (for example) -- not in an address block format. (For background: currently there's stand-alone <contact> which renders info in an address block format, or there's <contact> within <t>, which renders only the name.)

Thanks,
Alice