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  FTSC                                   FIDONET TECHNICAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE
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  Publication:    FTA-1002
  Title:          Document Submission and Publication Standard
  Revision Date:  07 November 1997
  Expiry Date:    01 December 1999
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  Contents:
                  A.  FSP Submissions
                  B.  FSP Content Guidelines
                  C.  FTS Format
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  A.  FSP Submissions
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  Documents being submitted for consideration as future Technical
  Standards must conform to the following format:

     1.  The submission must be in the form of a single document.
     2.  The document must be in ASCII text (Decimal 32 through 126 only).
     3.  A title must be provided, with a maximum length of 48 characters.
     4.  Archives must contain only the single text document.
     5.  Programs and additional text files may not be submitted.

     Note:  The document may be submitted in archived or uncompressed format.

  B.  FSP Content Guidelines
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  Standards Proposals should be written with the following guidelines in mind:

     1.  Descriptions of implementations should be concise.
     2.  Plain language should be used in preference to technical jargon.
     3.  History and operational advice should be avoided.
     4.  Data on technical structure and usage statistics is encouraged.
     5.  Explanations should be clear to less-experienced programmers.

  C.  FTS Format
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  For ease of reading and consistency, all Technical Standards documents,
  and Standards Proposal documents after a FSP number has been assigned,
  shall use the following format:

     1.  A standard FTSC banner at the top of the document, containing

            a. FTSC publication number
            b. Short title of document
            c. Date of last revision
            d. Last date for review (2 years after last revision)
            e. Summary of contents of document

|        Major Header titles and Introductory text alignment are to be
|        left flush (i.e. starting in column 1) with a maximum line
|        length of 70 columns, to permit easy conversion to a Fidonews
|        posting if accepted as an FSP.

     2.  Paragraph numbering system

            A.  Major Header Title  [used in table of Contents]
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            Introductory text alignment

               1.  Paragraph Title

               Paragraph text alignment.

                  a.  Sub Paragraph Title

                  Sub Paragraph text alignment.

                     i.  Clause Title

                     Clause text alignment.

            Note:  Triple space indentations are used.

     3.  A standard FTSC footer at the end of the document, making reference
         to FTA-1003 for FTSC contacts.

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