DocBook RFEs

DocBook Requests for Enhancement (RFEs)

The DocBook RFE database contains all of the proposed changes to DocBook.

Anyone can view the database, and members of the editorial board can edit it.

Every RFE has the following fields:

RFE Number

The RFE Number is a unique identifier.

Issue

A short (one line) description of the issue.

Submittor

The name of the maintainer that placed the issue in the database, or the email address of the original requestor.

Submitted

The date of the original RFE submission.

Version

The version of the DTD in which this issue was (or is expected to be) resolved.

Type

A classification of the RFE. The possible values are:

bug

There's something wrong with the DTD that must be fixed

enhancement

A request for improved or greater functionality

docbug

The documentation is incorrect

docenhancement

A request to improve or amplify the documentation

Priority

A measure of the priority of the request (assigned by one of the maintainers). The possible values are low, medium, or high.

Status

The disposition of the request. The possible values are:

open

The request has not yet been addressed

accepted

The request has been or will be addressed

rejected

The request has been rejected

pending

The request has been discussed, but more input or further clarification is needed

integrated

The request has been fixed and integrated into the next release of the DTD.

closed

A request is marked 'closed' only after it has been marked 'integrated', and one of the maintainers has verified that the request really was integrated.

Rationale

A description of why the request was given the status that it has. In particular, why it was 'rejected' or what additional input is desired, if it is 'pending'.

Description

A complete description of the request/bug, with examples if possible.

The RFE database itself is an XML document conforming to a simple DTD.

If you have any problems with the RFE database, please report them to dbrfe@docbook.org.