Re: [art] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6902 (6351)

Ned Freed <ned.freed@mrochek.com> Wed, 09 December 2020 14:04 UTC

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Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see any actual error that needs to
be corrected. Nor do I see it as an actual deficiency, so my recommendation 
is to reject.

				Ned


> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC6902,
> "JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Patch".

> --------------------------------------
> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6351

> --------------------------------------
> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Palle Cogburn <palle@4thex.com>

> Section: GLOBAL

> Original Text
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> Corrected Text
> --------------


> Notes
> -----

> If the patch elements included a property "previous" that contained the
> original value in case of an operation such as "remove" for instance, it would
> be easy to create the reverse operation - "add". In that way the path elements
> can be used as audit records and it is easy to revert a path or even a part of
> a patch, so the document is back to a previous version. All you have to do is
> apply the reverse patch and also add those elements to the audit trail.

> Is this something to consider adding to this document or is it an
> implementation detail?

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> --------------------------------------
> RFC6902 (draft-ietf-appsawg-json-patch-10)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Patch
> Publication Date    : April 2013
> Author(s)           : P. Bryan, Ed., M. Nottingham, Ed.
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : Applications Area Working Group APP
> Area                : Applications
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG

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