Re: [hybi] header definitions in -13

Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> Fri, 02 September 2011 11:36 UTC

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Subject: Re: [hybi] header definitions in -13
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2011/8/31 Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>:
> Anyway... I really believe that a document that defines a new header field
> should have an easy-to-find subsection for each header field that defines
> the syntax and semantics. That doesn't mean that that part needs to say
> *everything* about that header field, but it should be there as a starting
> point. Right now this is not the case.

I agree. Check RFC 2616 (HTTP) or RFC 3261 (SIP). Both contain a
section defining the meaning of each header:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3261#section-20

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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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