Hi Damien,

Actually, <sourcecode> is a good option for the message definitions. It is a 
better option than <artwork>, which is typically for diagrams.  (For more info, 
see: https://authors.ietf.org/rfcxml-vocabulary#sourcecode)

Sincerely,
Sarah Tarrant
RFC Production Center

> On Feb 23, 2026, at 7:36 PM, Damien Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2026, Sarah Tarrant wrote:
> 
>> Hi Damien,
>> 
>> Thank you for your reply.
>> 
>> Regarding:
>>>> 5) This document contains sourcecode: 
>>>> 
>>>> * Does the sourcecode validate?
>>>> * Some sourcecode types (e.g., YANG) require certain references and/or 
>>>> text 
>>>> in the Security Considerations section. Is this information correct?
>>>> * Is the sourcecode type indicated in the XML? (See information about 
>>>> types: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rpc/wiki/doku.php?id=sourcecode-types.)
>>> 
>>> There is no source code in this document.
>> 
>> 
>> Perhaps some artwork got converted during the posting process, because I'm 
>> seeing sourcecode throughout the file. For example, in Section 2:
>> 
>> <sourcecode> 
>> uint32           length 
>> byte             type 
>> byte[length - 1] contents 
>> </sourcecode>
>> 
>> Please double-check the XML file and let us know if there is a
>> sourcecode type we can add or if the sourcecode needs to be updated to
>> artwork.
> 
> Sorry, I interprested "source code" to mean instructions and not the
> <sourcecode> element.
> 
> This document has none of the former, but plenty of the latter. The
> stuff in <sourcecode> blocks are message definitions. Did I use the
> wrong element type?
> 
> -d

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