- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:52:55 +0200
- To: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- CC: httpbis Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 2011-10-10 10:26, Julian Reschke wrote: > ... > Also, we probably should have a single place that defines the "param" > ABNF construct, like > > param = token OWS "=" OWS ( token / quoted-string ) > > or maybe > > param = token OWS [ "=" OWS ( token / quoted-string ) ] > > and then clarify that predefined params never ever should parse > different from extension parameters; for instance, they should always > allow both notations. > > See also <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/307> and > <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/wiki/HeaderFieldTypes>. > ... Proposal: "Many header fields use a format including named parameters (for instance, Content-Type). Parameter values should always allow both unquoted (token) and quoted (quoted-string) values:" If we later get around to defining concrete ABNF building blocks, we can still rephrase this... Best regards, Julian
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