- From: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:56:56 +0200
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On 2021-10-13, at 08:48, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote: > > Am 12.10.2021 um 23:48 schrieb Carsten Bormann: >> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-semantics-11 >> says: >> >> media-type = type "/" subtype parameters >> parameters = *( OWS ";" OWS [ parameter ] ) >> >> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-semantics-10 >> says: >> >> media-type = type "/" subtype *( OWS ";" OWS parameter ) >> >> Is the rationale for making the parameter optional documented? >> >> Where -10 would have allowed: >> text/plain;format=flowed >> … 11 now allows: >> text/plain;;;;format=flowed;; >> >> Very curious. > > See <https://github.com/httpwg/http-core/issues/33>. Thank you! So my conclusion is that this is on the same level as OWS or obs-text and should not be promoted in new specifications using this syntax. Grüße, Carsten
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