Re: CAP 10: 10.1. CAP Commands (CMD) - X/IANA-CMD

[Doug Royer <Doug@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce_Kahn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> In looking at the ABNF in the latest draft (nice job Doug) I noticed 
> something I consider to be a problem w/the ABNF in the draft.  See:

Thanks! :-)

> 10.1. CAP Commands (CMD)
> ...
> Description: All of the command to the CS are supplied in this property. 
> The "OPTIONS" parameter is overloaded and its meaning is dependent on 
> the CMD value supplied.
>
> Formal Definition: The property is defined by the following notation:
> ...
>
> The concern I have is that there is no room for any future commands. 
>  That is, there is no iana-token (or x-token??) in the CMD value.  As 
> such there is no possibility to allow new commands so that older CSs 
> will react consistantly to them.

Good point. I'll add x-cmd and iana-cmd.

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