- From: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@ptsun00.cern.ch>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 95 18:29:23 +0100
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com, eric@spyglass.com
> The grammar for the User-Agent header currently reads like this: > > > User-Agent = "User-Agent" ":" 1*( product ) > > > > product = token ["/" product-version] > > product-version = 1*DIGIT "." 1*DIGIT > > In my opinion, this is a bit too restrictive. For example, all of the > following version numbers are illegal using this grammar. > > 1 simple integer, no minor rev > 2.0a1 Apple standard format for an alpha release > 1.0.2.87 Microsoft standard format > > Other version numbering schemes may cause other problems. May I suggest > that we not try to impose the format of the version number beyond saying > which characters we allow there? Sounds fair - what about: User-Agent = "User-Agent" ":" 1*( product ) product = token ["/" token] -- cheers -- Henrik Frystyk frystyk@W3.org + 41 22 767 8265 World-Wide Web Project, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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