Re: [IPP] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8011 (6085)

Hi,

And of course "lowercase" (one word) and not "lower case"

Cheers,
- Ira

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On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 6:54 AM Michael Sweet via ipp <ipp@pwg.org> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Yes, of course.  I guess I should proofread my minutes better... :)
>
>
> > On Apr 24, 2020, at 12:10 AM, wamwagner@comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > I suggest that “…The first character SHOULD be a lower letter…” read
> “The first character SHOULD be a lower case letter”
> > Thanks.,
> > Bill W.
> >
> > From: Michael Sweet via ipp
> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 7:39 PM
> > To: Michael Sweet
> > Cc: PWG IPP Workgroup
> > Subject: Re: [IPP] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8011 (6085)
> >
> > Follow-up from today's IPP WG conference call - the consensus is to
> change section 5.1.4 to read:
> >
> > The 'keyword' attribute syntax is a sequence of characters, of length 1
> to 255, containing only the US-ASCII [RFC20] encoded values for uppercase
> letters ("A"-"Z"), lowercase letters ("a"-"z"), digits ("0"-"9"), hyphen
> ("-"), dot ("."), and underscore ("_"). The first character SHOULD be a
> lower letter, and all letters SHOULD be lowercase.
> >
> > Status should change to "confirmed", and we (at some point) will want to
> do an update (sigh).
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 10, 2020, at 8:31 PM, Michael Sweet via ipp <ipp@pwg.org> wrote:
> >
> > Ira,
> >
> > Looks like my attempts to get my contact email changed haven't
> completely been successful, either... :/  Comments below...
> >
> >
> >
> > On Apr 10, 2020, at 2:07 PM, Ira McDonald <blueroofmusic@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > We need to look into this errata on RFC 8011.
> > ...
> > --------------------------------------
> > Type: Technical
> > Reported by: Thomas Urban <thomas.urban@cepharum.de>
> >
> > Section: 5.1.4
> >
> > Original Text
> > -------------
> > The 'keyword' attribute syntax is a sequence of characters, of length
> > 1 to 255, containing only the US-ASCII [RFC20] encoded values for
> > lowercase letters ("a"-"z"), digits ("0"-"9"), hyphen ("-"), dot
> > ("."), and underscore ("_").  The first character MUST be a lowercase
> > letter.
> >
> > Corrected Text
> > --------------
> > The 'keyword' attribute syntax is a sequence of characters, of length
> > 1 to 255, containing only the US-ASCII [RFC20] encoded values for
> > uppercase letters ("A"-"Z"), lowercase letters ("a"-"z"), digits
> > ("0"-"9"), hyphen ("-"), dot ("."), and underscore ("_").
> >
> > I think we need to be careful about changing this, but AFAIK this change
> shouldn't cause a problem (CUPS will accept this, at least...)
> >
> >
> > Notes
> > -----
> > First, the "keyword" syntax is applicable to values of enumerations
> according to section 5.1.5 stating
> >
> >   Each value has an associated 'keyword' name.
> >
> > However, section 5.4.15 is declaring some enum-type attribute with names
> per integer value using uppercase letters in violation of 5.1.4. Those
> names are commonly used all over the specification and thus it is rather
> common to assume those values are meant to be keyword-compliant names of
> given enumeration.
> >
> > First, these are operation names, and second the keyword associated with
> an enum is informative and not transmitted over the wire...
> >
> >
> > Second, section 5.1.4 is stating
> >
> >    The first character MUST be a lowercase letter.
> >
> > referring to "a"-"z" according to enumeration of accepted characters
> given right before that. In opposition to that statement 5.4.14 is declaring
> >
> >    The following standard 'keyword' values are defined in this document:
> >
> >    * '1.0' [..]
> >    * '1.1' [..]
> >
> > Neither of the two "keywords" start with a lowercase letter.
> >
> > True.
> >
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> >
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