Re: [Fwd: I-D Action: draft-ietf-6man-uri-zoneid-02.txt]

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 12/07/2012 23:34, SM wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> At 12:47 12-07-2012, Simon Perreault wrote:
>> Suggestion:
>> On input, applications MUST accept the formal syntax and MAY accept
>> another syntax.
>> On output, applications MUST use the formal syntax and MUST NOT use
>> another syntax.
> 
> As long as an implementation supports the formal syntax, there is
> interoperability.  Telling people what not to use sounds appropriate if
> there is a good reason to do so.  The requirements seem redundant to me.

Also, telling browser implementers what to do has very little chance
of success. Speaking only for myself, I'm inclined to accept Dave Thaler's
line of argument. The fact that some browsers in the past accepted
a raw % and that IE today accepts an escaped % (i.e. %25) makes it very
hard to suggest a consistent use of % at all. Maybe we just have to
drop this point.

   Brian