Python-related standards

[Moshe Zadka]

On 19 Mar 2001, Andrew Kuchling <akuchlin at mems-exchange.org> wrote:

> It struck me today that it might be a good idea to create a series of
> Python-related standard documents that would be a counterpart to PEPs.
> We already have some documents that would fit into this series:
> 
>         * The DB-API.
>         * The DO-SIG's CORBA mapping.
>         * The SAX and DOM mappings.

FWIW, these could be "informational" PEPs.

> for Python packages (currently being done in PEP 241), or defining a
> structured text format for docstrings.  IMHO such topics aren't really
> suitable for a PEP, since they don't necessarily have anything to do
> with the core interpreter or language.

Which is exactly what "informational" (as opposed to standards track)
PEP were meant to be.

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