RE: minor editorial issues in draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-rev-06.txt
Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com)
Mon, 1 Mar 1999 14:11:46 PST
I see that we've been inconsistent about whether -header BNF
non-terminals include or do not include CRLF.
If there's no objection, I will forward these requests to
the RFC editor as well; I imagine that Keith will need to
ask for IESG approval.
I hope there aren't a lot more like these, or we might be
forced to reballot.
Larry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy T. Fielding [mailto:fielding@kiwi.ics.uci.edu]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 5:22 AM
> To: Larry Masinter
> Cc: Keith Moore; http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> Subject: Re: minor editorial issues in
> draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-rev-06.txt
>
>
> >Section 3.6.1 "Chunked Transfer Coding"
> >Change
> > trailer = *entity-header
> >to
> > trailer = *(entity-header CRLF)
>
>
> Ummm, while you are at it, you might also want to fix
>
> ================
> 4.1 Message Types:
> Change
> generic-message = start-line
> *message-header
> CRLF
> [ message-body ]
> to
> generic-message = start-line
> *(message-header CRLF)
> CRLF
> [ message-body ]
> ================
> 4.2 Message Headers:
> Change
> message-header = field-name ":" [ field-value ] CRLF
> to
> message-header = field-name ":" [ field-value ]
> ================
> 5 Request
> Change
> Request = Request-Line ; Section 5.1
> *( general-header ; Section 4.5
> | request-header ; Section 5.3
> | entity-header ) ; Section 7.1
> CRLF
> [ message-body ] ; Section 4.3
> to
> Request = Request-Line ; Section 5.1
> *(( general-header ; Section 4.5
> | request-header ; Section 5.3
> | entity-header ) CRLF) ; Section 7.1
> CRLF
> [ message-body ] ; Section 4.3
> ================
> 6 Response
> Change
> Response = Status-Line ; Section 6.1
> *( general-header ; Section 4.5
> | response-header ; Section 6.2
> | entity-header ) ; Section 7.1
> CRLF
> [ message-body ] ; Section 7.2
> to
> Response = Status-Line ; Section 6.1
> *(( general-header ; Section 4.5
> | response-header ; Section 6.2
> | entity-header ) CRLF) ; Section 7.1
> CRLF
> [ message-body ] ; Section 7.2
> ================
>
> Note that these are all the same error, and it's been in the spec
> since the very first draft (November 28, 1994). *sigh*
> I'll let you decide whether or not to forward this to the RFC editor.
>
> ....Roy
>