Accept-Encoding BNF

[mnot@…]

In section 14.3, the definition of Accept-Encoding is given as follows:

Accept-Encoding  = "Accept-Encoding" ":"
1#( codings [ ";" "q" "=" qvalue ] )

This definition implies that there must be at least one non-null codings. However, just below this definition, one of the examples given has an empty Accept-Encoding field-value:

Accept-Encoding: compress, gzip
Accept-Encoding:
Accept-Encoding: *
Accept-Encoding: compress;q=0.5, gzip;q=1.0
Accept-Encoding: gzip;q=1.0, identity; q=0.5, *;q=0

Furthermore, the fourth rule for testing whether a content-coding is acceptable mentions the possibility that the field-value may be empty.

[mnot@…]

The definition for Accept-Encoding should be revised:

Accept-Encoding  = "Accept-Encoding" ":"
                #( codings [ ";" "q" "=" qvalue ] )

[julian.reschke@…]

Resolving as per <​http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-lafon-rfc2616bis-04.html#rfc.issue.i25-accept-encoding-bnf> and <​http://www.w3.org/2007/03/18-rfc2616-minutes.html#action09>.

[julian.reschke@…]

Fixed in [126]