Re: [apps-discuss] Comments on draft-ietf-appsawg-about-uri-scheme

[Barry Leiba <[e-mail]>]

>> I think a better way to approach it would be to replace all the
>> angle-brackets with quotes, so:
>>
>> NEW
>>    In terms of RFC 3986, the "about-token" part corresponds to
>> "hier-part",
>>    and "about-query" to the query component of the URI.
>
> I'm following the recommendation of RFC 5234:
>
>>    Unlike original BNF, angle brackets ("<",">") are not required.
>>    However, angle brackets may be used around a rule name whenever their
>>    presence facilitates in discerning the use of a rule name.
>
> ... so I think no change is needed.

I think it's clearer to the reader with quotation marks than with
angle-brackets, and clarity is what's most important.  But I'm not
going to argue this further -- it's not a big deal, and if you prefer
the brackets, that's OK.

>> As I said in my other note, I agree with Alexey here: I don't think
>> this part is appropriate.  (1) If it's here, it needs some text
>> explaining and justifying it, and (2) the goal here is to keep the
>> document simple, just doing what's necessary to get this stuff
>> registered.
>
> Sp you propose removing this paragraph?

Yes, I think that's the best approach.

Barry