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I'm in the process of updating some archiving software I wrote a couple
years back. As a part of that updating I thought it might be nice to
be able to fully support the *.answer headers as well. I read through
the guidlines looking for a good definition of the "standard *.answers"
headers. Here are the "auxiliary" headers I found described in the
*.answers guidelines.

Archive-name: foo/welcome
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-modified: 1992/03/25
Version: 2.5
URL: http://some-site.org/my_faq.html
newsgroup-archive-name: filename

Just for the heck of it, I decided to see what people were using to see how
it matched up with the documented information. What I found was a surprise.
The (not complete) list is included at the end of this message. X- headers
found in the auxiliary section are not listed as they are local use headers
and it is understood they are to be ignored.

The auxiliary headers were put in FAQs for a couple of purposes, to support
the archiving of the faq and to supply additional information to the reader.
I can see where some of these headers listed below can be useful and it *is*
up to the FAQ maintainers to add them as they see fit but what we have today
is:

4 different ways to represent the Archive-name: header
7 different ways to represent the Posting-Frequency: header
13 different ways to represent the Last-modified: header
5 different ways to represent the Version: header
6 different ways to represent the URL: header
8 different ways to represent the Maintainer: header
2 different ways to represent the Copyright: header
...
..
.

And I am not talking about the format of the content of the "standard
auxiliary" headers. I'm just talking about the headers themselves.

Personally, I'd like to see a standard set of headers, one required
(Archive-name:) and a standard for the set of "*.answers" approved
optional auxiliary headers. FAQ maintainers could still add additional
headers as is done today but there would be only one way to represent
optional headers Posting-Frequency:, Last-modified:, Version:, URL:,
Copyright and Maintainer:. Again, I am not talking about the content
(although that would be nice ;-)) I'm talking about the headers.

FYI: I have updated rkive and article to support the *.answers documented
auxiliary headers. I'm sorry but I will not be supporting all the
permutations listed below....

This message was meant to be constructive but my flame retardant shorts
are snug anyway. ;-)

-Kent+

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Abstract:
Acknowledgements:
Additions:
Alt-aquaria-archive-name:
Alt-atheism-archive-name:
Alt-bbs-iniquity-archive-name:
Alt-binaries-pictures-the-bob-archive-name:
Alt-bonehead-joel-furr-archive-name:
alt-conspiracy-usenet-cabal-Archive-name:
Alt-fan-gur-obo-archive-name:
Alt-fan-joel-furr-archive-name:
Alt-fan-lemurs-archive-name:
Alt-fan-U2-archive-name:
Alt-folklore-suburban-archive-name:
Alt-legend-the-bob-archive-name:
Alt-magick-chaos-archive-name:
Alt-org-toastmasters-archive-name:
Alt-rock-n-roll-metal-progressive-name:
Alt-sex-fetish-the-bob-archive-name:
Alt-silly-group-spiffo-archive-name:
Alt-sport-foosball-archive-name:
Alt-support-the-bob-archive-name:
Alt-usenet-offline-reader-archive-name:
And-Then:
Archive-frequency:
Archive-Name:
Archive-name:
archive-name:
Article-Names:
Author:
Bit-listserv-hungary-archive-name:
Changes-posted-to:
Changes:
Comment:
Comments-to:
Comp-answers-archive-name:
Comp-apps-spreadsheets-archive-name:
Comp-bbs-waffle-archive-name:
Comp-binaries-cbm-archive-name:
Comp-emulators-cbm-archive-name:
Comp-lang-awk-archive-name:
Comp-lang-c++-archive-name:
Comp-os-msdos-mail-news-archive-name:
Comp-os-msdos-programmer-archive-name:
Compiler:
CONTENTS:
Contents:
contents:
Copyright-Notice:
Copyright:
Deletions:
Dissociation:
Distribution-agent:
Distribution:
E-mail:
Edition:
Editor/Author:
Editor:
EIFFEL:
Faq-Maintainer:
FAQ:
Followup-To:
Followup-to:
Followup:
Followups-To:
Frequency:
Garbo-archive-name:
Http_version:
Image-supplement:
Keyword:
Keywords:
Last-Change:
Last-change:
Last-Changed:
Last-modifed:
Last-Modification:
Last-modification:
Last-Modified:
Last-modified:
last-modified:
Last-moidified:
Last-Updated:
Last-updated:
Last-Posted:
Last-posted:
Last-posting-date:
Letzte-Aenderung:
lian:
Maintained-By:
Maintained-by:
Maintainer:
Maintainers:
Name:
Neuzugaenge:
News-answers-archive-name:
News-newusers-questions-archive-name:
News-Software:
news.answers:
Next-Posting:
Note:
Notice:
Oraganization:
Organisation:
Organizatin:
Organization:
Original-Archive-name:
Original-Author:
Original-author:
Original-by:
Original-date:
Original-editor:
Original-from:
Originally-By:
Originally-From:
Originator:
Part:
Periodicity:
Post-Frequency:
Posted-By:
Posted-to-Newsgroups:
Posting-Freqency:
Posting-Frequencey:
Posting-Frequency:
Posting-frequency:
posting-frequency:
Posting-Haeufigkeit:
Posting-Number:
Posting:
PostingFrequency:
Precedence:
Previous-editor:
Previous-maintainer:
Priority:
Product:
Rec-aquaria-archive-name:
Rec-arts-sf-written-archive-name:
Rec-audio-car-archive-name:
Rec-autos-vw-archive-name:
Rec-games-computer-doom-announce-archive-name:
Rec-games-miniatures-archive-name:
Rec-models-rockets-archive-name:
Rec-motorcycles-archive-name:
Rec-music-makers-archive-name:
Rec-music-makers-trumpet-archive-name:
Rec-puzzles-archive-name:
Rec-sport-disc-archive-name:
Rec-sport-table-soccer-archive-name:
Replaces:
Revised:
Revision:
sail:
Sci-aquaria-archive-name:
Sci-econ-research-archive-name:
SimTel-mirror-name:
Size:
Soc-culture-jewish-archive-name:
Soc-culture-magyar-archive-name:
Soc-culture-sri-lanka-archive-name:
Soc-culture-thai-archive-name:
Special-guest-star:
Submit-To:
Submitted-By:
Submitted-by:
Supercedes:
Supersedes:
Time-estimate:
Title:
Updated:
URL:
Url:
url:
URLs:
User-Agent:
VERSION:
Version:
version:
Was:
Web:
Written-By:

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