- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:35:07 +1100
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: httpbis Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
WFM On 14/10/2011, at 4:52 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: > 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 -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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