Re: request for feedback: RFC2616 BNF name collisions

Frank Ellermann wrote:
> Julian Reschke wrote:
> 
>>> Too bad that ABNF doesn't allow for namespaces ;-).
> 
>> I already hear the WHATWG crowd scream :-)
> 
> Don't they say "ping" when they "scream" ? <gd&r>
> 
> +1 for <uri-host> or maybe <hostname>.  

I considered hostname, but it may be confusing because the URI spec use 
it for *named* hosts, as opposed to IP-literal / IPv4address.

A prefix probably works best, now leaning to "uri-".

BR, Julian

Received on Thursday, 22 November 2007 08:47:00 UTC