From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Feb 11 2002 - 15:20:08 CST
In <8IgKdbMocDB@3247.org> list-ietf-wg-apps-usefor@faerber.muc.de (Claus Färber) writes:
>Charles Lindsey <chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk> schrieb/wrote:
>> 2.4. Syntax
>> 2.4.1. Syntax Notation
>> This standard uses the Augmented Backus Naur Form described in [RFC
>> 2234]. Additionally, some syntax rules are given in the form of
>> schemata from each of which several rules in the [RFC 2234] format
>> can be derived. For example, the schema
>> {USENET}-header = {USENET}-name ":" 1*SP {USENET}-content
>> *( [CFWS] ";" ( {USENET}-parameter /
>> other-parameter ) )
>I believe that's a deviation from RFC 2234 which is not necessary
>and does not add to the clarity of the specification.
Well that, or something pretty like it, has been in the draft for three
years now, so why are people suddenly complaining?
All I have done is to document what was already being done, and to improve
the notation a little in response to a comment from Paulo.
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