Re: Structured Headers: URI type (#782)

[Matthew Kerwin <[e-mail]>]

On Fri., 3 May 2019, 20:40 Julian Reschke, <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> On 03.05.2019 11:04, Matthew Kerwin wrote:
> > ...
> >>> That's actually a good point, but then there's the recent
> >>> <https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions/issues/797>:
> >>>
> >>>> in Signed Exchanges, @jyasskin asks about having Parameterised Lists
whose parameterised identifiers are things other than Tokens.
> >>
> >> I don't see the connection.
> >>
> >
> > 'Link' is a parameterised list of URI references.  If we add a URI
> > reference type, and param-list is extended to allow URI references
> > alongside tokens, then it could maybe fit.
>
> Right,
>
> > Though then there are "what to do if you receive a Link header value
> > with parameterised tokens instead of parameterised URI references"
> > stuff, which is why I'm still not 100% sold.
>
> Why would that be a problem? It's just another error condition.
>
> Best regards, Julian
>

That's fair.

I keep thinking about, like, schemas or profiles or Java generics. I wonder
if there's some sort of extension or informational document to write that
could help, or at least offer guidance.

Cheers
-- 
Matthew Kerwin