Re: Gen-ART Last Call review of draft-ietf-httpbis-cache-groups-03

Am 25.02.2025 um 18:23 schrieb Paul Kyzivat:
> Mark,
>
> We seem to be talking past on another.
>
> I get it that you have deferred the syntax to [STRUCTURED-FIELDS], and I
> am not reviewing that.
>
> My point is that the directive in your document to follow the
> specification in [STRUCTURED-FIELDS] is not itself clearly normative.
>
> The statement:
>
>      "The Cache-Groups HTTP Response Header is a List of Strings
>      [STRUCTURED-FIELDS]."
>
> doesn't stand out to me as a normative reference that MUST be followed.
> It is what I might expect to see for an informative reference.
> ...

It's a statement of fact.

As far as I understand, whether something is normative or not really
does not depend on the use of BCP14 language.

(if that was the case, STD66 - one of the more essential specs we have -
would have a big problem).

Best regards, Julian

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