Changeset 188 for draft-ietf-httpbis

Timestamp:

02/02/08 19:20:33 (14 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

Exclude NUL from CHAR (see <​http://www.w3.org/mid/52304CE2-0ADE-499A-9A5A-35284BD428BA@gbiv.com>); addresses #36.

Location:

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest

Files:

• p1-messaging.html (modified) (3 diffs)
• p1-messaging.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

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

@@ -929 +929 @@
       <div id="rfc.figure.u.4"></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><span id="rfc.iref.g.5"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.6"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.7"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.8"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.9"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.10"></span><span id="rfc.iref.g.11"></span>  OCTET          = %x00-FF
                    ; any 8-bit sequence of data
-  CHAR           = %x00-7F
-                   ; any US-ASCII character
+  CHAR           = %x01-7F
+                   ; any US-ASCII character, excluding NUL
   ALPHA          = %x41-5A | %x61-7A
                    ; A-Z | a-z
@@ -2390 +2390 @@
       </p>
       <h2 id="rfc.section.D.4"><a href="#rfc.section.D.4">D.4</a>&nbsp;<a id="changes.from.rfc.2616" href="#changes.from.rfc.2616">Changes from RFC 2616</a></h2>
-      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.1">Clarify that HTTP-Version is case sensitive. (<a href="#http.version" title="HTTP Version">Section&nbsp;3.1</a>)
-      </p>
-      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.2">Remove reference to non-existant identity transfer-coding value tokens. (Sections <a href="#transfer.codings" title="Transfer Codings">3.4</a> and <a href="#message.length" title="Message Length">4.4</a>)
-      </p>
-      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.3">Clarification that the chunk length does not include the count of the octets in the chunk header and trailer. (<a href="#chunked.transfer.encoding" title="Chunked Transfer Coding">Section&nbsp;3.4.1</a>)
-      </p>
-      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.4">Fix BNF to add query, as the abs_path production in <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2396#section-3">Section 3</a> of <a href="#RFC2396" id="rfc.xref.RFC2396.11"><cite title="Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax">[RFC2396]</cite></a> doesn't define it. (<a href="#request-uri" title="Request-URI">Section&nbsp;5.1.2</a>)
-      </p>
-      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.5">Clarify exactly when close connection options must be sent. (<a href="#header.connection" id="rfc.xref.header.connection.7" title="Connection">Section&nbsp;8.1</a>)
+      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.1">The CHAR rule does not allow the NUL character anymore (this affects the comment and quoted-string rules). (<a href="#basic.rules" title="Basic Rules">Section&nbsp;2.2</a>)
+      </p>
+      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.2">Clarify that HTTP-Version is case sensitive. (<a href="#http.version" title="HTTP Version">Section&nbsp;3.1</a>)
+      </p>
+      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.3">Remove reference to non-existant identity transfer-coding value tokens. (Sections <a href="#transfer.codings" title="Transfer Codings">3.4</a> and <a href="#message.length" title="Message Length">4.4</a>)
+      </p>
+      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.4">Clarification that the chunk length does not include the count of the octets in the chunk header and trailer. (<a href="#chunked.transfer.encoding" title="Chunked Transfer Coding">Section&nbsp;3.4.1</a>)
+      </p>
+      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.5">Fix BNF to add query, as the abs_path production in <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2396#section-3">Section 3</a> of <a href="#RFC2396" id="rfc.xref.RFC2396.11"><cite title="Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax">[RFC2396]</cite></a> doesn't define it. (<a href="#request-uri" title="Request-URI">Section&nbsp;5.1.2</a>)
+      </p>
+      <p id="rfc.section.D.4.p.6">Clarify exactly when close connection options must be sent. (<a href="#header.connection" id="rfc.xref.header.connection.7" title="Connection">Section&nbsp;8.1</a>)
       </p>
       <h1 id="rfc.section.E"><a href="#rfc.section.E">E.</a>&nbsp;Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication)
@@ -2472 +2474 @@
             -- these will have to be updated when switching over to RFC3986.
          </li>
-         <li>Synchronize core rules with RFC5234.</li>
+         <li>Synchronize core rules with RFC5234 (this includes a change to CHAR which now excludes NUL).</li>
          <li>Get rid of prose rules that span multiple lines.</li>
          <li>Get rid of unused rules LOALPHA and UPALPHA.</li>

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

@@ -837 +837 @@
   OCTET          = %x00-FF
                    ; any 8-bit sequence of data
-  CHAR           = %x00-7F
-                   ; any US-ASCII character
+  CHAR           = %x01-7F
+                   ; any US-ASCII character, excluding NUL
   ALPHA          = %x41-5A | %x61-7A
                    ; A-Z | a-z
@@ -4034 +4034 @@
 <section title="Changes from RFC 2616" anchor="changes.from.rfc.2616">
 <t>
+  The CHAR rule does not allow the NUL character anymore (this affects
+  the comment and quoted-string rules).
+  (<xref target="basic.rules"/>)
+</t>
+<t>
   Clarify that HTTP-Version is case sensitive.
   (<xref target="http.version"/>)
@@ -4203 +4208 @@
     </t>
     <t>
-       Synchronize core rules with RFC5234.
+       Synchronize core rules with RFC5234 (this includes a change to CHAR
+       which now excludes NUL).
     </t>
     <t>