FidoNet(tm) Standards Committee
Archive Philosophy and Document Naming
March 30, 1988
Date: Tue 29 Mar 88 20:13
From: Randy Bush
To: Chuck Venter
Subj: Re: This echo
AREA:NET_DEV
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What is intended by this document registry
o Starting a document archive with a naming convention based on the current
one, FSC-nnnn.ARC.
o The first few documents are the current FSC001 & 2, but using the new naming
convention.
o Grabbing the dozen documents which detail the current FidoNet technology
(MYFSC001, N_YOOHOO, ...) , or provide well-documented proposals for changes,
arranging them in date order without prejudice and issuing them numbers.
The ongoing plan is
o Similarly to the NIC, when a document is revised, it is given a new number,
and states what documents it obsoletes. Many have said that this should
have been done with FSC001.
o Occasional documents will provide bibliographies of the archive.
o Occasional documents will give advice as to which subset of the registry
represents the currently accepted standard.
2. Documents are numbered sequentially from 0001, with new document numbers
being assigned to new drafts.
3. Extensions are
a) .ARC - The distributed ARChive file
b) .TXT - ASCII text file for screen or printer
c) .DOC - ASCII text file for screen or printer
d) .CHT - ASCII chart, may be wide or long or both
