Re: [Json] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC8259 (5318)

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Wed, 04 April 2018 17:50 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Json] [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC8259 (5318)
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On Apr 4, 2018, at 19:25, RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
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> The solidus U+002F is listed as being escaped above, but is not excluded in the 'unescaped' sequence.

This is exactly as it should be — escaping the slash is optional, as it is unnecessary (and is generally not done outside the inclusion of JavaScript in HTML script elements, where it is needed to provide data transparency for strings containing “</script>”).

Grüße, Carsten