>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Lilly <blilly@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Bruce> If there really are only 24 items of less than 11 octets Bruce> each, a trivial solution is to simply list them (with the Bruce> usual ABNF syntax) as literal strings. That should take no Bruce> more than a half-dozen lines. Perhaps. I actually find a lot of ABNF specs are not as clear as they could be to humans because they are trying to describe the valid inputs as strictly as possible. In many cases I think the spec would be more clear if the ABNF were relaxed and other constraints were expressed at appropriate levels. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf