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+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2016, Nest Labs, Inc.
+#  All rights reserved.
+#
+#  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+#  modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+#     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#  3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the
+#     names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
+#     derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+#  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+#  AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+#  IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+#  ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+#  LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+#  CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+#  SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+#  INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+#  CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+#  ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+#  POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+
+XML2RFC_CACHE_DIR ?= $(HOME)/.cache/xml2rfc
+
+TOOL_PREFIX        = $(DOCKER) run --rm --user=`id -u`:`id -g` -v `pwd`:/rfc -v $(XML2RFC_CACHE_DIR):/var/cache/xml2rfc paulej/rfctools
+
+DOCKER            ?= docker
+MD2RFC            ?= $(TOOL_PREFIX) md2rfc
+XML2RFC           ?= $(TOOL_PREFIX) xml2rfc
+MMARK             ?= $(TOOL_PREFIX) mmark
+SED               ?= sed
+RM_F		      ?= rm -f
+MKDIR_P		      ?= mkdir -p
+
+SOURCE_DATE       := $(shell (TZ=UTC git log -n 1 --date=iso-strict-local --pretty=format:%ad 2> /dev/null || date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ" ) | sed 's/+00:00$$/Z/')
+SOURCE_VERSION    := $(shell git describe --dirty --always --match "--PoIsOn--" 2> /dev/null)
+
+# -------------
+
+SRC   := $(wildcard draft-*.md) $(wildcard draft-*.md.in)
+XML   := $(patsubst %.md,%.xml,$(patsubst %.md.in,%.xml,$(SRC)))
+TXT   := $(patsubst %.md,%.txt,$(patsubst %.md.in,%.txt,$(SRC)))
+HTML  := $(patsubst %.md,%.html,$(patsubst %.md.in,%.html,$(SRC)))
+
+all: $(XML) $(TXT) $(HTML)
+
+clean:
+	$(RM_F) $(XML) $(TXT) $(HTML) $(patsubst %.md.in,%.md,$(wildcard draft-*.md.in))
+
+$(XML2RFC_CACHE_DIR):
+	$(MKDIR_P) "$(XML2RFC_CACHE_DIR)"
+
+%.md: %.md.in
+	$(SED) 's/@SOURCE_VERSION@/$(SOURCE_VERSION)/g;s/@SOURCE_DATE@/$(SOURCE_DATE)/g' < $< > $@
+
+%.xml: %.md
+	$(MMARK) -xml2 -page $< $@
+
+%.html: %.xml $(XML2RFC_CACHE_DIR)
+	$(XML2RFC) --html $<
+
+%.txt: %.xml $(XML2RFC_CACHE_DIR)
+	$(XML2RFC) --text $<
+
+# -------------
+
+draft-spinel-protocol-bis.xml: \
+	draft-spinel-protocol-bis.md \
+	spinel-commands.md \
+	spinel-data-packing.md \
+	spinel-example-sessions.md \
+	spinel-feature-host-buffer-offload.md \
+	spinel-feature-network-save.md \
+	spinel-frame-format.md \
+	spinel-framing.md \
+	spinel-prop-core.md \
+	spinel-prop-ipv6.md \
+	spinel-prop-mac.md \
+	spinel-prop-net.md \
+	spinel-prop-phy.md \
+	spinel-prop.md \
+	spinel-status-codes.md \
+	spinel-tech-thread.md \
+	spinel-test-vectors.md \
+	$(NULL)
+