Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7230 (4683)

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> On 4 May 2016, at 3:54 PM, RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
> 
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7230,
> "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing".
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> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=7230&eid=4683
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Daurnimator <quae@daurnimator.com>
> 
> Section: 4
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> Original Text
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> Corrected Text
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> The name part of a transfer-parameter is case insensitive and MUST not
> be "q" (as this would be ambiguous when used as part of the TE header).
> 
> Notes
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> Nothing is said about how to handle transfer-parameters.
> Notably, nothing is said about the case sensitivity of the parameter key.
> 
> This results in a conflict with the TE header: if you see a "q" token,
> you cannot know if it is a transfer-parameter vs a t-ranking.
> 
> It *is* noted that the "q" token is case insensitive in section 4.3.
>> When multiple transfer codings are acceptable, the client MAY rank
>> the codings by preference using a case-insensitive "q" parameter
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> RFC7230 (draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-26)
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> Title               : Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing
> Publication Date    : June 2014
> Author(s)           : R. Fielding, Ed., J. Reschke, Ed.
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : Hypertext Transfer Protocol Bis APP
> Area                : Applications
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
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