A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. Title : Use of the "X-" Prefix in Application Protocols Author(s) : Peter Saint-Andre Filename : draft-saintandre-xdash-01.txt Pages : 9 Date : 2011-07-05 Many application protocols use named parameters to identify data. Historically, protocol designers and implementers distinguished between "standard" and "non-standard" parameters by prefixing the latter with the string "X-" or similar constructions. On balance, this "X-" convention has more costs than benefits, although it can be appropriate in certain circumstances. A URL for this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-saintandre-xdash-01.txt Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ This Internet-Draft can be retrieved at: ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-saintandre-xdash-01.txt _______________________________________________ I-D-Announce mailing list I-D-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/i-d-announce Internet-Draft directories: http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt
