| ACP | 84 |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Title** | Table Preamble for ACPs |
| **Author(s)** | Gauthier Leonard ([@Nuttymoon](https://github.com/Nuttymoon)) |
| **Status** | Activated |
| **Track** | Meta |

## Abstract

The current ACP template features a plain-text code block containing "RFC 822 style headers" as `Preamble` (see [What belongs in a successful ACP?](https://github.com/avalanche-foundation/ACPs?tab=readme-ov-file#what-belongs-in-a-successful-acp)). This header includes multiple links to discussions, authors, and other ACPs.

This ACP proposes to replace the `Preamble` code block with a Markdown table format (similar to what is used in [Ethereum EIPs](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-1.md)).

## Motivation

The current ACPs `Preamble` is (i) not very readable and (ii) not user-friendly as links are not clickable. The proposed table format aims to fix these issues.

## Specification

The following Markdown table format is proposed:

| ACP                            | PR Number                                                                                                                                           |
| :----------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Title**                      | ACP title                                                                                                                                           |
| **Author(s)**                  | A list of the author's name(s) and optionally contact info: FirstName LastName ([@GitHubUsername](./README.md) or [email@address.com](./README.md)) |
| **Status**                     | Proposed, Implementable, Activated, Stale ([Discussion](./README.md))                                                                               |
| **Track**                      | Standards, Best Practices, Meta, Subnet                                                                                                             |
| **Replaces (\*optional)**      | [ACP-XX](./README.md)                                                                                                                               |
| **Superseded-By (\*optional)** | [ACP-XX](./README.md)                                                                                                                               |

It features all the existing fields of the current ACP template, and would replace the current `Preamble` code block in [ACPs/TEMPLATE.md](../TEMPLATE.md).

## Backwards Compatibility

Existing ACPs could be updated to use the new table format, but it is not mandatory.

## Reference Implementation

For this ACP, the table would look like this:

| ACP           | 84                                                                                   |
| :------------ | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Title**     | Table Preamble for ACPs                                                              |
| **Author(s)** | Gauthier Leonard ([@Nuttymoon](https://github.com/Nuttymoon))                        |
| **Status**    | Proposed ([Discussion](https://github.com/avalanche-foundation/ACPs/discussions/86)) |
| **Track**     | Meta                                                                                 |

## Security Considerations

NA

## Open Questions

NA

## Copyright

Copyright and related rights waived via [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).