identifier in draft-ietf-httpbis-header-structure-01.txt

• From: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>
• Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 11:29:17 -0600
• To: HTTP working group mailing list <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <f641382a-f48a-3c48-df90-a385e78de949@measurement-factory.com>

Hello,

    In draft-ietf-httpbis-header-structure-01.txt, "integer" is
"identifier":

> integer = ["-"] 1*19 DIGIT

> identifier = token  [ "/" token ]

> token          = 1*tchar
> tchar          = ... / DIGIT / ...

Does not that contradict the self-identification claim? If it does not,
then what do we mean by "self identification" exactly?


Thank you,

Alex.
P.S. There is a similar problem with "integer" and "timestamp", but I do
not want "all timestamps ought to be integers" arguments derail the
discussion. Clearly, not all integers are identifiers.

Received on Saturday, 29 April 2017 17:29:47 UTC