hixie: Allow non-IETF HTTP headers to be registered as pragmas also. (whatwg r4114)

hixie: Allow non-IETF HTTP headers to be registered as pragmas also.
(whatwg r4114)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.3272&r2=1.3273&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4113&to=4114

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@@ -10215,16 +10215,16 @@
   any particular state in the document at a time.<h5 id="other-pragma-directives"><span class="secno">4.2.5.4 </span>Other pragma directives</h5><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Controversial Working Draft</i><p><dfn id="concept-http-equiv-extensions" title="concept-http-equiv-extensions">Extensions to the
   predefined set of pragma directives</dfn> may, under certain
   conditions, be registered in the <a href="http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/PragmaExtensions">WHATWG Wiki
-  PragmaExtensions page</a>. <a href="#refsWHATWGWIKI">[WHATWGWIKI]</a><p>Such extensions must use a name that is identical to a
-  previously-registered HTTP header defined in an RFC, and must have
-  behavior identical to that described for the HTTP header. Pragma
-  directives corresponding to headers describing metadata, or not
-  requiring specific user agent processing, must not be registered;
-  instead, use <a href="#concept-meta-extensions" title="concept-meta-extensions">metadata
-  names</a>. Pragma directions corresponding to headers that affect
-  the HTTP processing model (e.g. caching) must not be registered, as
-  they would result in HTTP-level behavior being different for user
-  agents that implement HTML than for user agents that do not.<p>Anyone is free to edit the WHATWG Wiki PragmaExtensions page at
+  PragmaExtensions page</a>. <a href="#refsWHATWGWIKI">[WHATWGWIKI]</a><p>Such extensions must use a name that is identical to a HTTP
+  header registered in the Permanent Message Header Field Registry,
+  and must have behavior identical to that described for the HTTP
+  header. <a href="#refsIANAPERMHEADERS">[IANAPERMHEADERS]</a><p>Pragma directives corresponding to headers describing metadata,
+  or not requiring specific user agent processing, must not be
+  registered; instead, use <a href="#concept-meta-extensions" title="concept-meta-extensions">metadata names</a>. Pragma
+  directions corresponding to headers that affect the HTTP processing
+  model (e.g. caching) must not be registered, as they would result in
+  HTTP-level behavior being different for user agents that implement
+  HTML than for user agents that do not.<p>Anyone is free to edit the WHATWG Wiki PragmaExtensions page at
   any time to add a pragma directive satisfying these conditions. Such
   registrations must specify the following information:<dl><dt>Keyword</dt>
 
@@ -10241,7 +10241,8 @@
 
    <dt>Specification</dt>
 
-   <dd>A link to an IETF RFC defining the corresponding HTTP header.</dd>
+   <dd>A link to the specification defining the corresponding HTTP
+   header.</dd>
 
   </dl><div class="impl">
 
@@ -69401,6 +69402,10 @@
    <dd><cite><a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">Character
    Sets</a></cite>. IANA, May 2007.</dd>
 
+   <dt id="refsIANAPERMHEADERS">[IANAPERMHEADERS]</dt>
+   <dd><cite><a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/message-headers/perm-headers.html">Permanent
+   Message Header Field Names</a></cite>. IANA, October 2009.</dd>
+
    <dt id="refsIEEE754">[IEEE754]</dt>
    <dd><cite><a href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=4610933">IEEE
    Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754)</a></cite>. IEEE,

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