Re: [Uri-review] Request for review of "ab:" URI scheme

Alexey Melnikov <alexey.melnikov@isode.com> Sun, 24 April 2011 21:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Uri-review] Request for review of "ab:" URI scheme
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Barry Leiba wrote:

>>>The "addrbook" URI takes th form of <addrbook-uri> rule below, defined
>>>using ABNF [RFC5234]:
>>>
>>>addrbook-uri = "addrbook:" addrbook [ "?" extensions]
>>>addrbook       = segment
>>>extensions     = query
>>>
>>>where <segment> and <query> are defined in Appendix A of RFC 3986
>>>[RFC3986]
>>>      
>>>
>OK, that seems harmless.  I'll change that.
>  
>
+1.

>>4395 has even no mention of "ABNF" or its full name.  Moreover, having 4395
>>document as an *Informative* reference is something like a tradition in
>>URI-scheme-specifying docs :-).
>>    
>>
>I'm happy to change it to informative if Alexey agrees.
>
I don't have a strong opinion on Informative versa Normative for RFC 
4395. This is usually a border case.