Changeset 849 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml

Timestamp:

Jul 12, 2010, 5:41:49 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

minor prose tweaks - editorial

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

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>