Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC9218 (7556)

On Thu, 29 Jun 2023, 23:38 RFC Errata System, <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org>
wrote:

> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC9218,
> "Extensible Prioritization Scheme for HTTP".
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> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid7556
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Mo Zanaty <mzanaty@cisco.com>
>
> Section: 4.1
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> Original Text
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> The urgency (u) parameter value is Integer (see Section 3.3.1 of
> [STRUCTURED-FIELDS]), between 0 and 7 inclusive, in descending order
> of priority.
>
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> The urgency (u) parameter value is Integer (see Section 3.3.1 of
> [STRUCTURED-FIELDS]), between 0 and 7 inclusive, in ASCENDING order
> of priority.
>
> Notes
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> The very next paragraph indicates ASCENDING order of priority:
> "The smaller the value, the higher the precedence."
> Minor nit: It is confusing and unnecessary to use "precedence" and
> "urgency" as aliases for "priority". Readers can be misled to think these
> are intended to be distinct properties rather than aliases.
>
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> RFC9218 (draft-ietf-httpbis-priority-12)
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> Title               : Extensible Prioritization Scheme for HTTP
> Publication Date    : June 2022
> Author(s)           : K. Oku, L. Pardue
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : HTTP
> Area                : Applications and Real-Time
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
>

The first value in the urgency range, 0, is the thing that is most urgent.
The last value, 7, is least. So as the number increments the priority
decreases. The text is therefor accurate when it states the range
represents a descending priority when moving from start to end of the range.

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