- From: Tom Jones <thomasclinganjones@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2024 09:44:42 -0700
- To: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Cc: W3C DID Working Group <public-did-wg@w3.org>, peace@acm.org
- Message-ID: <CAK2Cwb52jPOL7Bun4L-zPBMMaKcfHad=MWxYsop5RKT7=GqEYw@mail.gmail.com>
i guess i should have added this as well ABNF is a standardized formal grammar notation used in several Internet syntax specifications, e.g. URI, HTTP, IMF, SMTP, IMAP, and JSON. ABNF is specified by RFC 5234 and RFC 7405; the latter updates two portions of the former. The syntax of ABNF is specified in ABNF itself. ..tom On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 9:29 AM Tom Jones <thomasclinganjones@gmail.com> wrote: > It might help others, like those in CS or CE to explain that INFRA is a > means to describe the structure of the Chromium user agent. (Not other user > agents AFAIK.) > One part of INFRA is a standard is to reduce the syntax to a current > version of the Backus–Naur form. > I find context to be helpful in evaluating a proposal. > NB. I have no issues with normal forms, but am not currently a user myself. > Interestingly, most normal forms are context free, which is a limitation > that makes them easy to use, but ... > > Be the change you want to see in the world ..tom > > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 6:06 PM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> > wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 6:06 PM Tom Jones <thomasclinganjones@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > I couldn't find any examples of where it is used for a shipping >> product. Got a link? >> >> Here's one for HTML5: >> >> https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/infrastructure.html#infrastructure >> >> ... and Fetch: >> >> https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#infrastructure >> >> ... and the File API: >> >> https://www.w3.org/TR/FileAPI/ >> >> ... as I said, shipping to billions of people. >> >> -- manu >> >> -- >> Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/ >> Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. >> https://www.digitalbazaar.com/ >> >
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