Keith Moore said: > it could be argued that the best thing to do is to remove ALL of the > rules from the ABNF spec, leaving only the language definition and > examples. While I don't support this, it does remind me of a problem. I've had various people tell me in the past that "ABNF" includes Appendix B and, therefore, it is neither necessary to cite the appendix or to define basic concepts yourself. I know that section 1 says that appendix B is "separate from its formal status", but I suggest that the introduction to the appendix should make it clear that citing ABNF does *not* include these rules by reference; such inclusion by reference needs to be explicit. -- Clive D.W. Feather | Work: <clive@xxxxxxxxx> | Tel: +44 20 8495 6138 Internet Expert | Home: <clive@xxxxxxxxxx> | Fax: +44 870 051 9937 Demon Internet | WWW: http://www.davros.org | Mobile: +44 7973 377646 THUS plc | | _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf