- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:54:32 +0100
- To: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
OK,
with
<http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/changeset/207>
all BNFs are self-contained, parsing ok in Bill Fenner's 2616-enhanced
ABNF parser.
Each part now has a section stating what rules are imported from other
document parts (anchor "abnf.dependencies"). Obviously the goal is to
reduce these dependencies; the story looks good for P4..P7, but for the
P1..P3 we may want to put in some more work.
A low hanging fruit I'd like to pick: P2 forward-references the
"delta-seconds" rule defined in P6. I'd propose to move delta-seconds
into P1, Section 3.3 ("Date/Time Formats") as a common BNF construct.
Outstanding issues:
- get rid of more prose rules
- resolve list rule and LWS issues
- switch to RFC5234 syntax
Related to that:
- resolve issue (URI RFC reference)
<http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/34> -- the BNF rules
are prepared for that; they already use the rule names from RFC3986.
BR, Julian
Received on Tuesday, 12 February 2008 14:54:53 UTC