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Re: Seeking clarification of ABNF "name formation" reference

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Tue, 22 May 2007 10:23 UTC

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On Mon, 21 May 2007, Dave Crocker wrote:
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> The reference to "Name formation" has been in this form since RFC 2234.
> Oddly, we can't figure out what it is supposed to mean, exactly.
> We could make some guesses, but I'd rather check with the group.

I guess that "strings" means any terminal value, including % numeric
character specifiers even though it usually means only quoted strings.

I guess that "names formation" (sic) refers to rule names.

Tony.
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