Hi Enrico and Eliot,

Thank you both for your replies! We have noted your approvals for this document 
(see https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9676).

Once we receive approvals from Pierluigi and Caterina, we will move this 
document forward in the publication process.

Thank you!
RFC Editor/mc

> On Apr 20, 2025, at 10:49 AM, Independent Submissions Editor (Eliot Lear) 
> <rfc-...@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
> 
> Approved.  A special thank you, Madison, to you and the entire team on this 
> one.
> Eliot
> On 20.04.2025 17:21, ENRICO FRANCESCONI wrote:
>> Hi Madison,
>> we double checked the latest changes and everything seems ok. So for us we 
>> can proceed.
>> 
>> Thanks again for your collaboration!
>> Pierluigi and Enrico
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 15 Apr 2025, at 17:43, Madison Church <mchu...@staff.rfc-editor.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Enrico,
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your reply! We have updated the document as requested. Please 
>>> take a moment to review the changes and ensure they appear as desired. 
>>> 
>>> For the following:
>>> 
>>>>> 4) We note that the ISO reference has been withdrawn and is no longer 
>>>>> available. There are two updated versions: ISO 8601-1:2019 
>>>>> (https://www.iso.org/standard/70907.html) and ISO 8601-2:2019 
>>>>> (https://www.iso.org/standard/70908.html). Would you like to update to 
>>>>> use one or the other? Or both?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Current:
>>>>> [ISO.8601.1988]
>>>>> ISO, "Data elements and interchange formats - Information
>>>>> interchange - Representation of dates and times",
>>>>> ISO 8601:1988, June 1988.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Perhaps:
>>>>> [ISO.8601-1.2019]
>>>>> ISO, "Date and time - Representations for information interchange",
>>>>> ISO 8601-1:2019, February 2019.
>>>>> 
>>>>> [ISO.8601-2.2019]
>>>>> ISO, "Data elements and interchange formats - Information
>>>>> interchange - Representation of dates and times",
>>>>> ISO 8601-2:2019, February 2019.
>>>>> 
>>>> We think that including both is the best choice.
>>>> 
>>> Note that we’ve also updated the following sentence that originally cited 
>>> [ISO.8601.1988] in Section 3.6. Although the update is straightforward, 
>>> please review and let us know if you agree.
>>> 
>>> Original:
>>> [ISO.8601.1988] describes the international
>>> format for representing dates.
>>> 
>>> Current:
>>> [ISO.8601-1.2019] and [ISO.8601-2.2019] describe the international
>>> format for representing dates.
>>> 
>>> With these changes in place, we believe that there are no further 
>>> outstanding items. Please review the document carefully to ensure 
>>> satisfaction as we do not make changes once it has been published as an 
>>> RFC. Contact us with any further updates or with your approval of the 
>>> document in its current form. We will await approvals from each author 
>>> prior to moving forward in the publication process.
>>> 
>>> The files have been posted here (please refresh):
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>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.pdf
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.html
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.xml
>>> 
>>> The relevant diff files have been posted here (please refresh):
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-diff.html (comprehensive diff)
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-rfcdiff.html (side by side view)
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-auth48diff.html (all changes 
>>> made in AUTH48)
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-auth48rfcdiff.html (side by side 
>>> view of all AUTH48 changes)
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-lastdiff.html (most recent 
>>> updates)
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-lastrfcdiff.html (side by side 
>>> view of most recent updates)
>>> 
>>> For the AUTH48 status of this document, please see:
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9676
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> RFC Editor/mc
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 13, 2025, at 12:42 PM, ENRICO FRANCESCONI 
>>>> <enrico.francesc...@cnr.it> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Dear Madison,
>>>> thanks a lot for your collaboration! 
>>>> We have double checked the latest version and we found the following 
>>>> issues:
>>>> 
>>>> 1) At the end of section 3.4. "Unicode Characters Outside the ASCII Range"
>>>> - at Munich circular, the UTF-8 code still includes %xC3%xBC instead of 
>>>> %C3%BC,
>>>> - at Law of the Russian Federation, the UTF-8 code still includes 
>>>> %xD1%x81%xD0... instead of %D1%81%D0… (it holds for all the 3 lines)
>>>> 
>>>> 2) At section 3.6. "Date Format", at the very end of the section, after 
>>>> the line:
>>>> "The characters that are not allowed (e.g., "/") or reserved (e.g., ",") 
>>>> cannot exist inside the date-loc and therefore MUST be turned into "."."
>>>> 
>>>> we would add the following:
>>>> "To be aligned with ISO format, any blank between day, month and year MUST 
>>>> be converted into "-"."
>>>> 
>>>> 3) At section 5.7., at point "PDF format (vers. 1.7) of the whole act 
>>>> edited by the Italian Parliament:"
>>>> In the example ending as follows
>>>> ...application-pdf;1.7:
>>>> the colon (:) is to be removed.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> As for the Hebrew dates, in html and pdf the ISO date and the Hebrew one 
>>>> are correctly oriented, while in the txt they are not
>>>> 
>>>> As for your updates, please find in-line below our replies.
>>>> 
>>>> Best
>>>> Pierluigi and Enrico
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 2 Apr 2025, at 23:29, Madison Church <mchu...@staff.rfc-editor.org> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for your continued patience as we move forward with this 
>>>>> document! We have updated the files as requested to use hyphens in the 
>>>>> Hebrew date example. Additionally, the UTF-8 and U+ notations have been 
>>>>> updated to reflect those changes. We ask that you review the updates to 
>>>>> ensure correctness. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Some additional updates we wanted to point out:
>>>>> 1) For the date example in Section 3.6, we have added a description 
>>>>> containing the order of the characters and how they should appear. This 
>>>>> is due to the fact that the Hebrew date may be displayed differently 
>>>>> depending on different document presentation environments.
>>>>> 
>>>> OK
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2) Pierluigi and Enrico noted the following on Feb 20th:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 4) As for the example at the end of sect. 3.6, there is a mismatch 
>>>>>> between the HTML format and PDF, as well as TXT, formats:
>>>>>> • in HTML we have: 1999-09-02|ט״נשת לוּלאֱבֶּ א״כ
>>>>>> • in PDF (at the top of pag. 17) the same dates appear as swapped
>>>>>> • in TXT the same dates appear:
>>>>>> • as in the HTML, if read via browser
>>>>>> • as swapped, if read locally via some text editors (in few cases even 
>>>>>> aligned right)
>>>>>> 
>>>>> Although most of these issues have been resolved due to the corrected PDF 
>>>>> output, we unfortunately do not have control over the .txt output or 
>>>>> right alignment in this case since the .txt output can vary depending on 
>>>>> which tool/browser is used. For example, Safari and Google Chrome display 
>>>>> the date correctly (1999-09-02|כ״א-בֶּאֱלוּל-תשנ״ט) while Firefox 
>>>>> displays the date in reverse (the Hebrew string followed by 1999-09-02).
>>>>> 
>>>> OK
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 3) We also wanted to point out that the date itself has been updated as 
>>>>> follows since the previous version was displayed backwards upon further 
>>>>> review. The RTL characters now appear in the correct order.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Original:
>>>>> ט״נשת לוּלאֱבֶּ א״כ
>>>>> 
>>>>> Current:
>>>>> כ״א-בֶּאֱלוּל-תשנ״ט
>>>>> 
>>>> OK
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 4) We note that the ISO reference has been withdrawn and is no longer 
>>>>> available. There are two updated versions: ISO 8601-1:2019 
>>>>> (https://www.iso.org/standard/70907.html) and ISO 8601-2:2019 
>>>>> (https://www.iso.org/standard/70908.html). Would you like to update to 
>>>>> use one or the other? Or both?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Current:
>>>>> [ISO.8601.1988]
>>>>> ISO, "Data elements and interchange formats - Information
>>>>> interchange - Representation of dates and times",
>>>>> ISO 8601:1988, June 1988.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Perhaps:
>>>>> [ISO.8601-1.2019]
>>>>> ISO, "Date and time - Representations for information interchange",
>>>>> ISO 8601-1:2019, February 2019.
>>>>> 
>>>>> [ISO.8601-2.2019]
>>>>> ISO, "Data elements and interchange formats - Information
>>>>> interchange - Representation of dates and times",
>>>>> ISO 8601-2:2019, February 2019.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> We think that including both is the best choice.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> The files have been posted here (please refresh):
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.txt
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.pdf
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.html
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.xml
>>>>> 
>>>>> The relevant diff files have been posted here (please refresh):
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-diff.html (comprehensive diff)
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-rfcdiff.html (side by side 
>>>>> view)
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-auth48diff.html (all changes 
>>>>> made in AUTH48)
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-auth48rfcdiff.html (side by 
>>>>> side view of all AUTH48 changes)
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-lastdiff.html (most recent 
>>>>> updates)
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-lastrfcdiff.html (side by side 
>>>>> view of most recent updates)
>>>>> 
>>>>> For the AUTH48 status of this document, please see:
>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9676
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> RFC Editor/mc
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 31, 2025, at 3:56 PM, Madison Church 
>>>>> <mchu...@staff.rfc-editor.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Eliot and Enrico,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you both for your messages and apologies for the delayed response 
>>>>> on our end! 
>>>>> 
>>>>> At the moment, we are currently waiting for a tools update that will fix 
>>>>> the PDF output of the left-to-right and right-to-left text in Section 
>>>>> 3.6. The tools update that includes this fix is planned for this week. 
>>>>> Once the update is complete, we will send updated files that incorporate 
>>>>> Enrico’s requested updates regarding spaces in the Hebrew date. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for your patience!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> RFC Editor/mc
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 31, 2025, at 2:49 PM, ENRICO FRANCESCONI 
>>>>>> <enrico.francesc...@cnr.it> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dear Eliot, 
>>>>>> the latest email of ours was on March 6th about spaces in Hebrew dates. 
>>>>>> In our opinion it was the last issue to fix. We are now waiting for 
>>>>>> feedback.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best
>>>>>> Enrico
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 31 Mar 2025, at 20:25, Independent Submissions Editor (Eliot Lear) 
>>>>>>> <rfc-...@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Madison, Enrico, where are we?
>>>>>>> Eliot
>>>>>>> On 06.03.2025 06:12, ENRICO FRANCESCONI wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Dear Madison and Eliot,
>>>>>>>> thanks for your feedback about dates and different conversion formats.
>>>>>>>> In this respect, we noticed a potential issue in the fact that the 
>>>>>>>> Hebrew date is written using spaces. Now, the LEX specifications 
>>>>>>>> suggest to replace spaces with dots. On the other hand in the dates in 
>>>>>>>> ISO format the separator is a dash (“-”).
>>>>>>>> This should apply for the Hebrew format too, as well as for its U+ and 
>>>>>>>> utf-8 versions. Therefore, we think that one of such characters (“-” 
>>>>>>>> or “.”) is to be included in the Hebrew format and converted in U+ and 
>>>>>>>> utf-8. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Our preference would be to use “-” for dates, anyway even the version 
>>>>>>>> with “.” can be ok.
>>>>>>>> Therefore, the Hebrew example would become:
>>>>>>>> ט״נשת-לוּלאֱב-א״כ (for us to be preferred) or ט״נשת.לוּלאֱב.א״כ
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Sorry for this additional burden, anyway it seems that we are close to 
>>>>>>>> finalise the RFC!
>>>>>>>> Best
>>>>>>>> Pierluigi and Enrico
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 5 Mar 2025, at 10:23, Independent Submissions Editor (Eliot Lear) 
>>>>>>>>> <rfc-...@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 20.02.2025 22:18, ENRICO FRANCESCONI wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Dear Madison and Eliot, 
>>>>>>>>>> we were preparing an answer to the previous message, when we 
>>>>>>>>>> received two new emails of yours.
>>>>>>>>>> We report in the following our reply which partially addresses the 
>>>>>>>>>> issue on Hebrew characters you underline in your message. 
>>>>>>>>>> As for the alternatives you propose, we agree with Eliot that option 
>>>>>>>>>> 2), using the workaround described, is to be preferred.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Now, please, see the answer we had prepared:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Dear Madison and Eliot,
>>>>>>>>>> we read again the whole document, and we found the following 
>>>>>>>>>> residual four issues:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>> • We checked the conversion of the Hebrew characters and it seems to 
>>>>>>>>>> us that the U+ conversion reported in the RFC is not correct:
>>>>>>>>>> ט״נשת לוּלאֱבֶּ א״כ         in U+ should be:
>>>>>>>>>> U+05D8U+05F4U+05E0U+05E9U+05EAU+0020U+05DCU+05D5U+05BCU+05DCU+05D0U+05B1U+05D1U+05B6U+05BCU+0020U+05D0U+05F4U+05DB
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> According to https://r12a.github.io/app-conversion/, your correction 
>>>>>>>>> is correct.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Please double check and fix it in the draft
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>> • As for the conversion of the same date into UTF-8, it seems that 
>>>>>>>>>> it is wrong as well, because it includes also the conversion of the 
>>>>>>>>>> U+ (%x55%x2b).
>>>>>>>>>> The correct one should be: 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> %xd7%x98%xd7%xb4%xd7%xa0%xd7%xa9%xd7%xaa%x20%xd7%x9c%xd7%x95%xd6%xbc%xd7%x9c%xd7%x90%xd6%xb1%xd7%x91%xd6%xb6%xd6%xbc%x20%xd7%x90%xd7%xb4%xd7%x9b
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Same web site, this seems correct, assuming the x is appropriate.
>>>>>>>>> Eliot
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Please double check as well, and fix it in the draft 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>    3) In general, and in the reported example in particular, if 
>>>>>>>>>> "data-loc" is used internally, the following value can be kept: 
>>>>>>>>>> ט״נשת לוּלאֱבֶּ א״כ , but if it is to be transmitted over the 
>>>>>>>>>> network, it is to be converted into UTF-8.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> The example at the end of section 3.6 should, therefore, be written 
>>>>>>>>>> as follows:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> "For example, 1999-09-02 will be written in ISO plus Hebrew format 
>>>>>>>>>> as: 
>>>>>>>>>> 1999-09-02|ט״נשת לוּלאֱבֶּ א״כ
>>>>>>>>>> which, see Section 3.4, is to be converted in UTF-8 for network 
>>>>>>>>>> protocols and for resolution."
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>    4) As for the example at the end of sect. 3.6, there is a 
>>>>>>>>>> mismatch between the HTML format and PDF, as well as TXT, formats:
>>>>>>>>>> • in HTML we have: 1999-09-02|ט״נשת לוּלאֱבֶּ א״כ
>>>>>>>>>> • in PDF (at the top of pag. 17) the same dates appear as swapped
>>>>>>>>>> • in TXT the same dates appear:
>>>>>>>>>> • as in the HTML, if read via browser
>>>>>>>>>> • as swapped, if read locally via some text editors (in few cases 
>>>>>>>>>> even aligned right)
>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Please let us know if you need more clarifications
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your attention!
>>>>>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>>>>> Pierluigi and Enrico
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On 20 Feb 2025, at 21:24, Independent Submissions Editor (Eliot 
>>>>>>>>>>> Lear) <rfc-...@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Madison,
>>>>>>>>>>> Here's my view: I think your suggestion directly below is better 
>>>>>>>>>>> than an indefinite hold on a document. I would like the authors to 
>>>>>>>>>>> weigh in.
>>>>>>>>>>> Eliot
>>>>>>>>>>> On 20.02.2025 21:21, Madison Church wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> If TI state is not favorable due to the unpredictable timeframe, 
>>>>>>>>>>>> another option for a workaround would be to describe the order of 
>>>>>>>>>>>> the characters in the date example and how they should appear (for 
>>>>>>>>>>>> a visual, see the Hebrew string that appears in Section A.3 of RFC 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 9290 [4]).
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> For example:
>>>>>>>>>>>> "The following example uses right-to-left (RTL) script, which in 
>>>>>>>>>>>> the context of this specification may be rendered differently by 
>>>>>>>>>>>> different document presentation environments. The descriptive text 
>>>>>>>>>>>> may be more reliable to follow than the necessarily device- and 
>>>>>>>>>>>> application-specific rendering. For example, 1999-09-02 will be 
>>>>>>>>>>>> written in ISO plus Hebrew format:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1999-09-02|ט״נשת לוּלאֱבֶּ א״כ
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> where in direction of reading, the sequence of characters is…"
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> As always, if there are any additional questions, please feel free 
>>>>>>>>>>>> to reach out. In the meantime, please let us know which option is 
>>>>>>>>>>>> preferred: 1) move forward with placing the document into TI 
>>>>>>>>>>>> state, or 2) use the proposed workaround above. If option 2 is 
>>>>>>>>>>>> preferred, we will make the update and send files along for the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> authors and Eliot to approve.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> [1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9676
>>>>>>>>>>>> [2] https://www.rfc-editor.org/about/queue/flowchart/ 
>>>>>>>>>>>> [3] https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/issues/1226
>>>>>>>>>>>> [4] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9290.html#appendix-A.3
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>>>>>>>>> RFC Editor/mc
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 15, 2025, at 5:25 AM, Independent Submissions Editor 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Eliot Lear) <rfc-...@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Madison, authors,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Let's be clear on what is being requested at this stage:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> • Authors should review all versions of the document 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (text/html/pdf) for any issues, and promptly report them. The 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> exception is the one issue below regarding Hebrew dates.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> • The document will be held in TI state until such time as the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> tools team can fix the formatting issue.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> • Once that issue is resolved, the document will be regenerated.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> • After that, authors will signal their approval.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> • After that I will perform my final review.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> • After that the RFC Editor will publish the RFC.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I want to confirm that this is what is expected. Do we have any 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> estimate as to how long the document will remain in TI state? I 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> do not want this document languishing longer than it already has. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If it will take an extended period to make correction (months), 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> then we should look at other alternatives.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Eliot
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 13.02.2025 17:21, Madison Church wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Authors, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for your patience as we work through this issue. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We have updated the document as requested and incorporated the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> new U+ and UTF-8 notations for the Hebrew date. We ask that you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> verify the changes to ensure our updates are correct.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> After some further testing on our end, we are still unable to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get the Hebrew date to align correctly in the text output. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Moving forward, we believe the best solution is to 1) ensure 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that all changes in the document are approved by each party, and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) place this document into Tools Improvement (TI) state once 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AUTH48 is complete. As of right now, the formatting of the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hebrew date is the only outstanding issue. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please review the document carefully to ensure satisfaction as 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> we do not make changes once it has been published as an RFC. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Contact us with any further updates or with your approval of the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> document in its current form. We will await approvals from each 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> party prior to moving forward resolving this issue in the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> publication process.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The updated files have been posted here (please refresh):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.txt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.pdf
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676.xml
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The updated diff files have been posted here:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-diff.html 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (comprehensive diff)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-rfcdiff.html (side by 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> side)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-auth48diff.html 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (AUTH48 changes only)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9676-auth48rfcdiff.html 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (side by side)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The AUTH48 status page can be found here: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9676
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To track the issue in GitHub, please see: 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/issues/1224
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RFC Editor/mc
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 7, 2025, at 6:38 AM, ENRICO FRANCESCONI 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <enrico.francesc...@cnr.it> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} Dear Madison, Dear Eliot,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thanks for your suggestions. As for the conversion Latin --> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hebrew of the example date, we have probably used a wrong 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> converter, so we agree to use the conversion you suggest. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As for the rest, please find in-line our replies. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pierluigi and Enrico
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Madison Church <mchu...@staff.rfc-editor.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent: 05 February 2025 18:28
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: Independent Submissions Editor (Eliot Lear) 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <rfc-...@rfc-editor.org>; ENRICO FRANCESCONI 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <enrico.francesc...@cnr.it>; pierluigi.spin...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <pierluigi.spin...@gmail.com>; caterina.l...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <caterina.l...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cc: RFC Editor <rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org>; superu...@gmail.com 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <superu...@gmail.com>; auth48archive@rfc-editor.org 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <auth48archive@rfc-editor.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9676 <draft-spinosa-urn-lex-24> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for your review
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Authors and Eliot,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for your replies!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Authors - To confirm, you are suggesting that the example be 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shown as the following (Removing the U+ notation and keeping 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Hebrew format):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (e.g., "September 2, 99" will be written in ISO plus Hebrew 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> format as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "1999-09-02|אלול,תשנ"ט.21").
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fine to remove the U+ format and keep the Hebrew format as in 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the example above (end of Section 3.6).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Obviously, the right conversion into Hebrew characters (you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> suggest here below) is to be used.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please consider that in Section 3.6, all the occurrences of the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> example Hebrew date, in Hebrew, U+ and UTF-8 notations, have to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be updated accordingly, so that they are all aligned with the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> new conversion you suggest.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please note that this calendar converter [1] translates 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1999-09-02 to כ״א בֶּאֱלוּל תשנ״ט, and it does not use Arabic 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> numerals nor punctuation in the translation. Please confirm the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> use of Arabic numerals and punctuation for the date-loc format.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [1] https://www.hebcal.com/converter?gd=2&gm=9&gy=1999&g2h=1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RFC Editor/mc
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Feb 2, 2025, at 1:38 PM, Independent Submissions Editor 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Eliot Lear) <rfc-...@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My view:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02.02.2025 19:52, ENRICO FRANCESCONI wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1) to remove "date-loc" and keep only the ISO version of any 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> date
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2) to keep "date-loc" including, as example, a Hebrew date 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> transformed into ISO latin characters (ex: 21.Elul,5759)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3) to keep "date-loc" including just the Unicode U+ version, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> without using Hebrew characters
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please let us know what do you prefer and we proceed with the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> update of the document
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't like any of these options because none of them provide 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an example that people going left to right would actually use. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am also concerned about Chinese, fwiw.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Eliot
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Enrico Francesconi
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CNR, INSTITUTE OF LEGAL INFORMATICS AND JUDICIAL SYSTEMS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Research Director
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tel. +390554399611
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enrico.francesc...@cnr.it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enrico.francesc...@igsg.cnr.it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> via de' Barucci, 20, 50127 – Florence (Italy)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> www.cnr.it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Devolvi il 5×1000 al CNR
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CF 80054330586
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 

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