Re: [MMUSIC] The simulcast colon

Hi,

A few comments on the ABNF:

Q1: The colon MUST be there. As Bo pointed out, it's part of the core syntax for attributes.

In order to now have both the colon and the space, the ABNF can be modified e.g. in the following way:

sc-attr     = "a=simulcast:" sc-str-list  [WSP sc-str-list] [WSP sc-pause-list]

Q2: I don't think SDP allows usage of whitespace (WSP).

RFC 4566 & draft-4566bis say:

              "Whitespace MUST NOT be used on either side of the "=" sign.

In addition, as far as I know, SDP is very strict with spaces, which is the reason they are explicitly stated in the SDP ABNF.

              "In general, <value> is either a number of fields delimited by a single
              space character or a free format string..."

Regards,

Christer

From: mmusic [mailto:mmusic-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Bo Burman
Sent: 24 October 2015 20:21
To: Mo Zanaty (mzanaty) <mzanaty@cisco.com>; Peter Thatcher <pthatcher@google.com>
Cc: mmusic@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [MMUSIC] The simulcast colon

I note that 4566bis ABNF for "attribute" says:

   ; sub-rules of 'a='
   attribute =           (att-field ":" att-value) / att-field
   att-field =           token
   att-value =           byte-string

The colon does not seem to be a "should" to me, but rather a requirement for any SDP attribute that is not a boolean.
Is there really any slack in how this can be implemented by SDP parsers?

To comply with 4566bis ABNF and still keep a single separator, you should rather remove the space.

/Bo

From: mmusic [mailto:mmusic-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Mo Zanaty (mzanaty)
Sent: den 22 oktober 2015 15:48
To: Peter Thatcher
Cc: mmusic@ietf.org<mailto:mmusic@ietf.org>
Subject: Re: [MMUSIC] The simulcast colon

The colon was added after others pointed out that attributes with further parameters should have a colon after the attribute. I don't know how many parsers actually care about that rule, but it seems safer to stick with the convention even if it bothers a few human eyes.

Mo

On Oct 22, 2015, at 12:54 AM, Peter Thatcher <pthatcher@google.com<mailto:pthatcher@google.com>> wrote:
+1 to removing the colon

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Consistency

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com<mailto:martin.thomson@gmail.com>> wrote:
Is annoying me.  Do we really need two separators (i.e., the colon and
the space)?

BTW,  the examples in the draft have c= and m= lines in the wrong
order, though I'm sure that I'm not the first to note this.

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