Re: [nfsv4] Last call for NSDB Protocol for Federated Filesystems (Oct 4 - Oct 22nd)

[James Lentini <[e-mail]>]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2010, Chuck Lever wrote:

> 
> On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:31 PM, James Lentini wrote:
> 
<snip>
> > 
> > Revised text for Section 4.2.1.12 
> > (if fedfsAnnotation is retained):
> > ------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 4.2.1.12. fedfsAnnotation
> > 
> > 
> >   A fedfsAnnotation contains an object annotation formatted as a 
> >   key/value pair.
> > 
> >   This attribute is multi-valued; an object type that permits
> >   annotations may have any number of annotations per instance.
> > 
> >   A fedfsAnnotation attribute is a human-readable UTF-8 string.
> >   The value MUST NOT contain a non-terminal NUL character and
> 
> Rob pointed out to me that UTF-8 strings by definition may not have 
> a non-terminal NUL character, so the above MUST NOT text is not 
> necessary.

Since arriving at this conclusion required some discussion, I think 
noting this point would be benefit future readers. The "MUST NOT" 
could be removed like this:

   A fedfsAnnotation attribute is a human-readable UTF-8 string.
   By definition, the value will not contain a non-terminal NUL character.
   The value MUST be formatted according to the following ABNF [RFC 5234]
   rules:

Is that better?