Changeset 1874

Timestamp:

Sep 9, 2012, 5:54:17 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

Clarify that conformance applies to both syntax and semantics of HTTP

Location:

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest

Files:

• p1-messaging.html (modified) (1 diff)
• p1-messaging.xml (modified) (1 diff)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.html

@@ -969 +969 @@
          in HTTP. Note that SHOULD-level requirements are relevant here, unless one of the documented exceptions is applicable.
       </p>
-      <p id="rfc.section.2.5.p.4">In addition to the prose requirements placed upon them, senders <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> generate protocol elements that do not match the grammar defined by the ABNF rules for those protocol elements that are applicable
+      <p id="rfc.section.2.5.p.4">Conformance applies to both the syntax and semantics of HTTP protocol elements. A sender <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> generate protocol elements that convey a meaning that is known by that sender to be false. A sender <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> generate protocol elements that do not match the grammar defined by the ABNF rules for those protocol elements that are applicable
          to the sender's role. If a received protocol element is processed, the recipient <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be able to parse any value that would match the ABNF rules for that protocol element, excluding only those rules not applicable
          to the recipient's role.

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml

@@ -631 +631 @@
 </t>
 <t>
-   In addition to the prose requirements placed upon them, senders &MUST-NOT;
+   Conformance applies to both the syntax and semantics of HTTP protocol
+   elements. A sender &MUST-NOT; generate protocol elements that convey a
+   meaning that is known by that sender to be false. A sender &MUST-NOT;
    generate protocol elements that do not match the grammar defined by the
    ABNF rules for those protocol elements that are applicable to the sender's