Re: #431: URI path starting with "//"

On 2013-02-01 19:37, Zhong Yu wrote:
> If user clicks a URL http://example.com//abc, the browser should send
>
>      GET //abc HTTP/1.1
>      Host: example.com
>
> However the latest bis draft seems to forbid "origin-form" to start with "//"
>
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-21#section-5.3
>
>      origin-form    = path-absolute [ "?" query ]
>
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-3.3
>
>      path-absolute   ; begins with "/" but not "//"
>
> I couldn't find anything in RFC 3986 that accurately describe the path
> part that we really want, which should be
>
>      path-xxx = "/" *( "/" / pchar )
>
> HTTP probably need to define this term. It'll also help people to
> finally refer to this thingy with a proper name.
>
> Zhong Yu

We have

   origin-form    = path-absolute [ "?" query ]

with

   path-absolute = "/" [ segment-nz *( "/" segment ) ] ; 
<http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc3986.html#path>

Using

   origin-form  = "/" [ segment *( "/" segment ) ] [ "?" query ]

...seems to be the minimal change (or can we simplify that production 
further without losing readability?)

Best regards, Julian

Received on Friday, 8 February 2013 17:06:08 UTC