Changeset 1336 for wg_materials/ietf81

Timestamp:

19/07/11 08:55:47 (12 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

minor editorial fixes to slides

Location:

wg_materials/ietf81

Files:

• ietf-81-header-field-parsing.pdf (modified) (previous)
• ietf-81-header-field-parsing.xhtml (modified) (2 diffs)

wg_materials/ietf81/ietf-81-header-field-parsing.xhtml

@@ -95 +95 @@
       <li>Whitespace sometimes allowed, sometimes not.</li>
       <li>Lots of confused parsers.</li>
-      <li>Single quote <em>is</em> used in <tt>token</tt> values.</li>
+      <li>Single quote <em>is</em> used in <tt>token</tt> values, thus is <em>not</em> available for quoting.</li>
       <li>Definitions special-case the right hand side for individual parameter names, generic
       parsers can't do that (example: <a href="http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc5988.html#rfc.section.5">RFC 5988</a> disallows token form for <tt>title</tt>, uses
@@ -106 +106 @@
       <li>Make existing syntax more consistent where we can (fix mistakes where possible, discourage generating useless whitespace, require
       recipients to deal with it nevertheless)</li>
-      <li>Encourage authors of new header fields to re-use existing syntax.</li>
-      <li><em>Force</em> them to think about extensibility.</li>
+      <li>Encourage authors of new header fields to re-use existing syntax and to think about extensibility.</li>
     </ul>