Re: [apps-discuss] APPSDIR review of draft-gregorio-uritemplate-07

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Thu, 08 December 2011 06:45 UTC

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On 08/12/2011, at 5:41 PM, Jiankang YAO wrote:
>> 
>> Suggestion: for example, we just say "ALPHA, DIGIT are imported from RFC5234" instead of repeating
>> "ALPHA          =  %x41-5A / %x61-7A   ; A-Z / a-z"
> 
> ==>Is this a discussion that's already taken place?
> 
> yes. the rule has been followed by EAI WG.

Do you have a reference? I.e., is this an IESG ruling, or something that was decided in that WG? As has mentioned, taking the approach you outline will result in ABNF errors.


> 4)There is a lot of "A URI Template" in section 1, but there is no precise definition of "URI Template" in section 1. The definition seems to appear on section 2.
>> Comments: If the readers can understand it clearly, the definition should appear first.
> 
> ==>Could you make a concrete proposal here?
> 
> what is "URI Template" should be defined in section 1.
> there is no precise or clear definition of "URI Template" in section 1.

I was hoping for something more substantial. Let me take another look at it...

Regards,


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