Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7231 (4031)

On 2014-06-30 13:00, RFC Errata System wrote:
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7231,
> "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content".
>
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> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=7231&eid=4031
>
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>
>
> Section: 3.1.1.1
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> Original Text
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> media-type = type "/" subtype *( OWS ";" OWS parameter )
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> media-type = type "/" subtype *( OWS ";" OWS [parameter] )
>
> Notes
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> See the thread at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/2011JulSep/0027.html
>
> Implementations are much more relaxed when it comes to parsing MIME types.
> ...

I agree that most (if not all) implementations likely can parse 
instances with empty parameters.

But I don't see how this makes the spec incorrect; it just defines 
what's valid (thus MUST be sent).

This is not an erratum but a change request, IMHO.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Monday, 30 June 2014 11:32:52 UTC