- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:55:46 -0800
- To: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>
- Cc: "ietf-http-wg@w3.org" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Dec 20, 2006, at 2:29 PM, Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > Should HTTP-date be reduced into just rfc1123-date and replaced by it, > and the compatibility with the obsolete date formats moved to section > 19.4, or should we try to clarify HTTP-date further. No, there is no need for any changes in that section (aside from updating the BNF to the ABNF standard). The BNF is for parsing the superset of what is allowed in a message, not for defining all of the specifics of each message generation. All IETF specs that use BNF specify it to be lenient in what is received, while the text requirements add limitations to be conservative in what is sent. ....Roy
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