Changeset 82 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml

Timestamp:

Dec 21, 2007, 3:33:23 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

Resolve #47: inconsistency in date format explanation

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

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

@@ -1070 +1070 @@
 <figure><artwork type="example">
    Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT  ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123
-   Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036
+   Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; obsolete RFC 850 format
    Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994       ; ANSI C's asctime() format
 </artwork></figure>
@@ -1076 +1076 @@
    The first format is preferred as an Internet standard and represents
    a fixed-length subset of that defined by RFC 1123 <xref target="RFC1123"/> (an update to
-   RFC 822 <xref target="RFC822"/>). The second format is in common use, but is based on the
-   obsolete RFC 850 <xref target="RFC1036"/> date format and lacks a four-digit year.
+   RFC 822 <xref target="RFC822"/>). The other formats are described here only for
+   compatibility with obsolete implementations.
    HTTP/1.1 clients and servers that parse the date value &MUST; accept
    all three formats (for compatibility with HTTP/1.0), though they &MUST;
@@ -3355 +3355 @@
 </reference>
 
-<reference anchor="RFC1036">
-<front>
-<title abbrev="Standard for USENET Messages">Standard for interchange of USENET messages</title>
-<author initials="M." surname="Horton" fullname="M. Horton">
-<organization>AT&amp;amp;T Bell Laboratories</organization></author>
-<author initials="R." surname="Adams" fullname="R. Adams">
-<organization>Center for Seismic Studies</organization></author>
-<date month="December" year="1987"/></front>
-<seriesInfo name="RFC" value="1036"/>
-</reference>
-
 <reference anchor="RFC977">
 <front>