Changeset 849

Timestamp:

Jul 12, 2010, 5:41:49 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

minor prose tweaks - editorial

Location:

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest

Files:

• p1-messaging.html (modified) (2 diffs)
• p1-messaging.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

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

@@ -720 +720 @@
          effectively in many different contexts and for which implementations can evolve independently over time.
       </p>
-      <p id="rfc.section.1.p.3">HTTP is also designed for use as a generic protocol for translating communication to and from other Internet information systems.
-         HTTP proxies and gateways provide access to alternative information services by translating their diverse protocols into a
-         hypertext format that can be viewed and manipulated by clients in the same way as HTTP services.
+      <p id="rfc.section.1.p.3">HTTP is also designed for use as an intermediation protocol for translating communication to and from non-HTTP information
+         systems. HTTP proxies and gateways can provide access to alternative information services by translating their diverse protocols
+         into a hypertext format that can be viewed and manipulated by clients in the same way as HTTP services.
       </p>
       <p id="rfc.section.1.p.4">One consequence of HTTP flexibility is that the protocol cannot be defined in terms of what occurs behind the interface. Instead,
@@ -764 +764 @@
          </p>
       </div>
-      <p id="rfc.section.1.2.p.3">As a syntactical convention, ABNF rule names prefixed with "obs-" denote "obsolete" grammar rules that appear for historical
+      <p id="rfc.section.1.2.p.3">As a syntactic convention, ABNF rule names prefixed with "obs-" denote "obsolete" grammar rules that appear for historical
          reasons.
       </p>

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

@@ -251 +251 @@
 </t>
 <t>
-   HTTP is also designed for use as a generic protocol for translating
-   communication to and from other Internet information systems.
-   HTTP proxies and gateways provide access to alternative information
+   HTTP is also designed for use as an intermediation protocol for translating
+   communication to and from non-HTTP information systems.
+   HTTP proxies and gateways can provide access to alternative information
    services by translating their diverse protocols into a hypertext
    format that can be viewed and manipulated by clients in the same way
@@ -341 +341 @@
 </t>
 <t>
-   As a syntactical convention, ABNF rule names prefixed with "obs-" denote
+   As a syntactic convention, ABNF rule names prefixed with "obs-" denote
    "obsolete" grammar rules that appear for historical reasons.
 </t>