>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Keith> it could be argued that the best thing to do is to remove Keith> ALL of the rules from the ABNF spec, leaving only the Keith> language definition and examples. (actually I think I did Keith> argue this sometime around 1996, but I'm too lazy to search Keith> through old email to find it. I think this would be too big of a change going from draft to full given our experience. If we had huge tracts of problems with the rules, it might be a different situation. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf