Re: [VCARDDAV] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC6350 (3100)

[Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>]

On 1/30/12 11:41 AM, Simon Perreault wrote:
> On 2012-01-30 13:29, RFC Errata System wrote:
>> Original Text
>> -------------
>> type-param = "TYPE=" type-value *("," type-value)
>>
>> Corrected Text
>> --------------
>> type-param =  "TYPE=" type-value *("," type-value)
>> type-param =/ "TYPE=" DQUOTE type-value *("," type-value) DQUOTE
> 
> Well, all parameters can be implicitly quoted. So why restrict yourself
> to the TYPE parameter?
> 
> If the ABNF is to be fixed, it would need to be done implicitly for all
> parameters at once.
> 
>> Notes
>> -----
>> Section 6.4.1 states that TYPE parameter values can be specified
>> as a parameter list (e.g., TYPE=text;TYPE=voice) or as a value list
>> (e.g.,
>> TYPE="text,voice").
>>
>> Either the description is right (and the ABNF should be corrected), or
>> the ABNF is right, and the description and examples in Sections 6.4.1
>> and 8 should be fixed.
> 
> The examples use quotes for parameters that don't absolutely need them.
> I think this is fine. The ABNF should allow it.
> 
>> Value lists in vCard 3.0 did not use quotes (e.g "TYPE=dom,postal" in
>> Section 3.3.1 of RFC 2426). If the ABNF is fixed this would be a
>> significant change from  RFC 2426 syntax.
> 
> Parameters with commas don't need to be quoted. So the examples are
> using superfluous quotes. Not a problem per se.

So is this "Reject" or "Hold for Document Update"?

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Peter

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