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DNT Extension syntax unclear; exclude apostrophe? #62

Closed r12a closed 4 years ago

r12a commented 6 years ago

5.2.1 Extensions to the DNT Field Value https://w3c.github.io/dnt/drafts/CRc-tracking-dnt.html#dnt-extensions

 DNT-extension   = %x21 / %x23-2B / %x2D-5B / %x5D-7E
                ; excludes CTL, SP, DQUOTE, comma, backslash

This is a minor editorial nit. The names for the characters in the "excludes" comment are not the Unicode names nor are they particularly clear. CTL appears to refer to all control characters. SP would be clearer as SPACE, DQUOTE as double-quote. comma and backslash are fine.

I would have expected apostrophe to be on the excluded list as well, since it has meaning in JSON?

r12a commented 6 years ago

NOTE: Some responses have already been made to this comment. See https://github.com/w3c/i18n-activity/issues/508. Please continue the discussion here.

royfielding commented 6 years ago

DNT-extensions is the ABNF for what octets are allowed as extensions to the DNT field-value, which is an HTTP header field in US-ASCII. There is no expectation of natural language. The all-caps names in that comment are ABNF syntax rules known to anyone implementing HTTP.

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5234#page-13

and in any case are just comments to explain what isn't included in the normative range of octets.

aphillips commented 4 years ago

As part of regular housekeeping, the I18N WG is removing our tracking label and closing this issue.