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(editorial) Consistently use lowercase for ABNF rule names other than header fields

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    868868  <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">URI-reference</a> = &lt;URI-reference, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.14"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#uri" title="Uniform Resource Identifiers">Section 2.7</a>&gt;
    869869</pre><h1 id="rfc.section.2"><a href="#rfc.section.2">2.</a>&nbsp;<a id="method" href="#method">Method</a></h1>
    870       <p id="rfc.section.2.p.1">The Method token indicates the request method to be performed on the target resource (<a href="p1-messaging.html#effective.request.uri" title="Effective Request URI">Section 4.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.15"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>). The method is case-sensitive.
    871       </p>
    872       <div id="rfc.figure.u.3"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.1"></span>  <a href="#method" class="smpl">Method</a>         = <a href="#core.rules" class="smpl">token</a>
     870      <p id="rfc.section.2.p.1">The method token indicates the request method to be performed on the target resource (<a href="p1-messaging.html#effective.request.uri" title="Effective Request URI">Section 4.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.15"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>). The method is case-sensitive.
     871      </p>
     872      <div id="rfc.figure.u.3"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.1"></span>  <a href="#method" class="smpl">method</a>         = <a href="#core.rules" class="smpl">token</a>
    873873</pre><p id="rfc.section.2.p.3">The list of methods allowed by a resource can be specified in an Allow header field (<a href="#header.allow" id="rfc.xref.header.allow.1" title="Allow">Section&nbsp;10.1</a>). The status code of the response always notifies the client whether a method is currently allowed on a resource, since the
    874874         set of allowed methods can change dynamically. An origin server <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> respond with the status code 405 (Method Not Allowed) if the method is known by the origin server but not allowed for the
    … …  
    925925      <p id="rfc.section.2.1.p.2">Note that this list is not exhaustive — it does not include request methods defined in other specifications.</p>
    926926      <h2 id="rfc.section.2.2"><a href="#rfc.section.2.2">2.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="method.registry" href="#method.registry">Method Registry</a></h2>
    927       <p id="rfc.section.2.2.p.1">The HTTP Method Registry defines the name space for the Method token in the Request line of an HTTP request.</p>
     927      <p id="rfc.section.2.2.p.1">The HTTP Method Registry defines the name space for the method token in the Request line of an HTTP request.</p>
    928928      <p id="rfc.section.2.2.p.2">Registrations <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include the following fields:
    929929      </p>
    … …  
    11161116      <h2 id="rfc.section.3.3"><a href="#rfc.section.3.3">3.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="response.header.fields" href="#response.header.fields">Response Header Fields</a></h2>
    11171117      <p id="rfc.section.3.3.p.1">The response header fields allow the server to pass additional information about the response which cannot be placed in the
    1118          Status-Line. These header fields give information about the server and about further access to the target resource (<a href="p1-messaging.html#effective.request.uri" title="Effective Request URI">Section 4.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.25"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>).
     1118         status-line. These header fields give information about the server and about further access to the target resource (<a href="p1-messaging.html#effective.request.uri" title="Effective Request URI">Section 4.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.25"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>).
    11191119      </p>
    11201120      <div id="rfc.table.u.3">
    … …  
    11751175      </div>
    11761176      <h1 id="rfc.section.4"><a href="#rfc.section.4">4.</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.code.and.reason.phrase" href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase">Status Code and Reason Phrase</a></h1>
    1177       <p id="rfc.section.4.p.1">The Status-Code element is a 3-digit integer result code of the attempt to understand and satisfy the request.</p>
    1178       <p id="rfc.section.4.p.2">The Reason-Phrase is intended to give a short textual description of the Status-Code and is intended for a human user. The
    1179          client does not need to examine or display the Reason-Phrase.
    1180       </p>
    1181       <div id="rfc.figure.u.5"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.2"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.3"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.4"></span>  <a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase" class="smpl">Status-Code</a>    = 3<a href="#notation" class="smpl">DIGIT</a>
    1182   <a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase" class="smpl">Reason-Phrase</a>  = *( <a href="#notation" class="smpl">HTAB</a> / <a href="#notation" class="smpl">SP</a> / <a href="#notation" class="smpl">VCHAR</a> / <a href="#core.rules" class="smpl">obs-text</a> )
     1177      <p id="rfc.section.4.p.1">The status-code element is a 3-digit integer result code of the attempt to understand and satisfy the request.</p>
     1178      <p id="rfc.section.4.p.2">The reason-phrase is intended to give a short textual description of the status-code and is intended for a human user. The
     1179         client does not need to examine or display the reason-phrase.
     1180      </p>
     1181      <div id="rfc.figure.u.5"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.2"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.3"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.4"></span>  <a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase" class="smpl">status-code</a>    = 3<a href="#notation" class="smpl">DIGIT</a>
     1182  <a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase" class="smpl">reason-phrase</a>  = *( <a href="#notation" class="smpl">HTAB</a> / <a href="#notation" class="smpl">SP</a> / <a href="#notation" class="smpl">VCHAR</a> / <a href="#core.rules" class="smpl">obs-text</a> )
    11831183</pre><p id="rfc.section.4.p.4">HTTP status codes are extensible. HTTP applications are not required to understand the meaning of all registered status codes,
    11841184         though such understanding is obviously desirable. However, applications <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> understand the class of any status code, as indicated by the first digit, and treat any unrecognized response as being equivalent
    … …  
    11951195            <thead>
    11961196               <tr>
    1197                   <th>Status-Code</th>
    1198                   <th>Reason-Phrase</th>
     1197                  <th>status-code</th>
     1198                  <th>reason-phrase</th>
    11991199                  <th>Defined in...</th>
    12001200               </tr>
    … …  
    14111411      <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.2">Note that this list is not exhaustive — it does not include extension status codes defined in other specifications.</p>
    14121412      <h2 id="rfc.section.4.2"><a href="#rfc.section.4.2">4.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.code.registry" href="#status.code.registry">Status Code Registry</a></h2>
    1413       <p id="rfc.section.4.2.p.1">The HTTP Status Code Registry defines the name space for the Status-Code token in the Status-Line of an HTTP response.</p>
     1413      <p id="rfc.section.4.2.p.1">The HTTP Status Code Registry defines the name space for the status-code token in the status-line of an HTTP response.</p>
    14141414      <p id="rfc.section.4.2.p.2">Values to be added to this name space are subject to IETF review (<a href="#RFC5226" id="rfc.xref.RFC5226.2"><cite title="Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs">[RFC5226]</cite></a>, <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5226#section-4.1">Section 4.1</a>).
    14151415      </p>
    … …  
    17131713      </p>
    17141714      <h1 id="rfc.section.7"><a href="#rfc.section.7">7.</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.codes" href="#status.codes">Status Code Definitions</a></h1>
    1715       <p id="rfc.section.7.p.1">The first digit of the Status-Code defines the class of response. The last two digits do not have any categorization role.
     1715      <p id="rfc.section.7.p.1">The first digit of the status-code defines the class of response. The last two digits do not have any categorization role.
    17161716         There are 5 values for the first digit:
    17171717      </p>
    … …  
    17231723         <li>5xx: Server Error - The server failed to fulfill an apparently valid request</li>
    17241724      </ul>
    1725       <p id="rfc.section.7.p.2">Each Status-Code is described below, including any metadata required in the response.</p>
     1725      <p id="rfc.section.7.p.2">Each status-code is described below, including any metadata required in the response.</p>
    17261726      <p id="rfc.section.7.p.3">For most status codes the response can carry a payload, in which case a Content-Type header field indicates the payload's
    17271727         media type (<a href="p3-payload.html#header.content-type" title="Content-Type">Section 6.8</a> of <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>).
    17281728      </p>
    17291729      <h2 id="rfc.section.7.1"><a href="#rfc.section.7.1">7.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.1xx" href="#status.1xx">Informational 1xx</a></h2>
    1730       <p id="rfc.section.7.1.p.1">This class of status code indicates a provisional response, consisting only of the Status-Line and optional header fields,
     1730      <p id="rfc.section.7.1.p.1">This class of status code indicates a provisional response, consisting only of the status-line and optional header fields,
    17311731         and is terminated by an empty line. There are no required header fields for this class of status code. Since HTTP/1.0 did
    17321732         not define any 1xx status codes, servers <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> send a 1xx response to an HTTP/1.0 client except under experimental conditions.
    … …  
    20062006      <div id="rfc.iref.s.21"></div>
    20072007      <h3 id="rfc.section.7.4.5"><a href="#rfc.section.7.4.5">7.4.5</a>&nbsp;<a id="status.405" href="#status.405">405 Method Not Allowed</a></h3>
    2008       <p id="rfc.section.7.4.5.p.1">The method specified in the Request-Line is not allowed for the target resource. The response <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include an Allow header field containing a list of valid methods for the requested resource.
     2008      <p id="rfc.section.7.4.5.p.1">The method specified in the request-line is not allowed for the target resource. The response <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include an Allow header field containing a list of valid methods for the requested resource.
    20092009      </p>
    20102010      <div id="rfc.iref.42"></div>
    … …  
    22662266         is strictly to inform the recipient of valid request methods associated with the resource.
    22672267      </p>
    2268       <div id="rfc.figure.u.18"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.24"></span>  <a href="#header.allow" class="smpl">Allow</a> = #<a href="#method" class="smpl">Method</a>
     2268      <div id="rfc.figure.u.18"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.24"></span>  <a href="#header.allow" class="smpl">Allow</a> = #<a href="#method" class="smpl">method</a>
    22692269</pre><p id="rfc.section.10.1.p.3">Example of use:</p>
    22702270      <div id="rfc.figure.u.19"></div><pre class="text">  Allow: GET, HEAD, PUT
    … …  
    30943094      </p>
    30953095      <h1 id="rfc.section.B"><a href="#rfc.section.B">B.</a>&nbsp;<a id="collected.abnf" href="#collected.abnf">Collected ABNF</a></h1>
    3096       <div id="rfc.figure.u.38"></div> <pre class="inline"><a href="#header.allow" class="smpl">Allow</a> = [ ( "," / Method ) *( OWS "," [ OWS Method ] ) ]
     3096      <div id="rfc.figure.u.38"></div> <pre class="inline"><a href="#header.allow" class="smpl">Allow</a> = [ ( "," / method ) *( OWS "," [ OWS method ] ) ]
    30973097
    30983098<a href="#core.rules" class="smpl">BWS</a> = &lt;BWS, defined in [Part1], Section 3.2.1&gt;
    … …  
    31113111
    31123112<a href="#header.max-forwards" class="smpl">Max-Forwards</a> = 1*DIGIT
    3113 <a href="#method" class="smpl">Method</a> = token
    31143113
    31153114<a href="#core.rules" class="smpl">OWS</a> = &lt;OWS, defined in [Part1], Section 3.2.1&gt;
    31163115
    31173116<a href="#core.rules" class="smpl">RWS</a> = &lt;RWS, defined in [Part1], Section 3.2.1&gt;
    3118 <a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase" class="smpl">Reason-Phrase</a> = *( HTAB / SP / VCHAR / obs-text )
    31193117<a href="#header.referer" class="smpl">Referer</a> = absolute-URI / partial-URI
    31203118<a href="#header.retry-after" class="smpl">Retry-After</a> = HTTP-date / delta-seconds
    31213119
    31223120<a href="#header.server" class="smpl">Server</a> = product *( RWS ( product / comment ) )
    3123 <a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase" class="smpl">Status-Code</a> = 3DIGIT
    31243121
    31253122<a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">URI-reference</a> = &lt;URI-reference, defined in [Part1], Section 2.7&gt;
    … …  
    31603157
    31613158<a href="#header.from" class="smpl">mailbox</a> = &lt;mailbox, defined in [RFC5322], Section 3.4&gt;
     3159<a href="#method" class="smpl">method</a> = token
    31623160<a href="#preferred.date.format" class="smpl">minute</a> = 2DIGIT
    31633161<a href="#preferred.date.format" class="smpl">month</a> = %x4A.61.6E ; Jan
    … …  
    31833181<a href="#core.rules" class="smpl">quoted-string</a> = &lt;quoted-string, defined in [Part1], Section 3.2.4&gt;
    31843182
     3183<a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase" class="smpl">reason-phrase</a> = *( HTAB / SP / VCHAR / obs-text )
    31853184<a href="#preferred.date.format" class="smpl">rfc1123-date</a> = day-name "," SP date1 SP time-of-day SP GMT
    31863185<a href="#obsolete.date.formats" class="smpl">rfc850-date</a> = day-name-l "," SP date2 SP time-of-day SP GMT
    31873186
    31883187<a href="#preferred.date.format" class="smpl">second</a> = 2DIGIT
     3188<a href="#status.code.and.reason.phrase" class="smpl">status-code</a> = 3DIGIT
    31893189
    31903190<a href="#preferred.date.format" class="smpl">time-of-day</a> = hour ":" minute ":" second
    … …  
    31993199; Location defined but not used
    32003200; Max-Forwards defined but not used
    3201 ; Reason-Phrase defined but not used
    32023201; Referer defined but not used
    32033202; Retry-After defined but not used
    32043203; Server defined but not used
    3205 ; Status-Code defined but not used
    32063204; User-Agent defined but not used
     3205; reason-phrase defined but not used
     3206; status-code defined but not used
    32073207</pre><h1 id="rfc.section.C"><a href="#rfc.section.C">C.</a>&nbsp;<a id="change.log" href="#change.log">Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication)</a></h1>
    32083208      <h2 id="rfc.section.C.1"><a href="#rfc.section.C.1">C.1</a>&nbsp;Since RFC 2616
    … …  
    33133313      <p id="rfc.section.C.7.p.1">Closed issues: </p>
    33143314      <ul>
    3315          <li> &lt;<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/94">http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/94</a>&gt;: "Reason-Phrase BNF"
     3315         <li> &lt;<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/94">http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/94</a>&gt;: "reason-phrase BNF"
    33163316         </li>
    33173317      </ul>
    … …  
    34193419         <li> &lt;<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/112">http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/112</a>&gt;: "PUT - 'store under' vs 'store at'"
    34203420         </li>
    3421          <li> &lt;<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/137">http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/137</a>&gt;: "duplicate ABNF for Reason-Phrase"
     3421         <li> &lt;<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/137">http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/137</a>&gt;: "duplicate ABNF for reason-phrase"
    34223422         </li>
    34233423         <li> &lt;<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/180">http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/180</a>&gt;: "Note special status of Content-* prefix in header registration procedures"
    … …  
    36233623                        <li><tt>Location</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.32"><b>10.5</b></a></li>
    36243624                        <li><tt>Max-Forwards</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.33"><b>10.6</b></a></li>
    3625                         <li><tt>Method</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.1"><b>2</b></a></li>
     3625                        <li><tt>method</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.1"><b>2</b></a></li>
    36263626                        <li><tt>minute</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.11"><b>8</b></a></li>
    36273627                        <li><tt>month</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.16"><b>8</b></a></li>
    … …  
    36293629                        <li><tt>product</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.22"><b>9</b></a></li>
    36303630                        <li><tt>product-version</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.23"><b>9</b></a></li>
    3631                         <li><tt>Reason-Phrase</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.4"><b>4</b></a></li>
     3631                        <li><tt>reason-phrase</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.4"><b>4</b></a></li>
    36323632                        <li><tt>Referer</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.34"><b>10.7</b></a></li>
    36333633                        <li><tt>Retry-After</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.35"><b>10.8</b></a></li>
    … …  
    36363636                        <li><tt>second</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.12"><b>8</b></a></li>
    36373637                        <li><tt>Server</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.37"><b>10.9</b></a></li>
    3638                         <li><tt>Status-Code</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.2"><b>4</b></a></li>
     3638                        <li><tt>status-code</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.2"><b>4</b></a></li>
    36393639                        <li><tt>time-of-day</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.9"><b>8</b></a></li>
    36403640                        <li><tt>User-Agent</tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.iref.g.38"><b>10.10</b></a></li>
    … …  
    36723672            <li><a id="rfc.index.M" href="#rfc.index.M"><b>M</b></a><ul>
    36733673                  <li>Max-Forwards header field&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.header.max-forwards.1">3.2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.header.max-forwards.2">6.2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.header.max-forwards.3">6.8</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.m.9"><b>10.6</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.header.max-forwards.4">11.3</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.header.max-forwards.5">A</a></li>
    3674                   <li>Methods&nbsp;&nbsp;
     3674                  <li>methods&nbsp;&nbsp;
    36753675                     <ul>
    36763676                        <li>CONNECT&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.CONNECT.1">2.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.iref.m.8"><b>6.9</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.CONNECT.2">11.1</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.CONNECT.3">A</a></li>
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