> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Reschke [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 10:03 AM
> To: Murray S. Kucherawy
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; 
> [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [websec] AppsDir review of draft-ietf-websec-strict-transport-sec
> 
> On 2012-04-29 09:11, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote:
>  > ...
> > Section 6.1.1: I think the "delta-seconds" should be:
> >
> > delta-seconds = 1*DIGIT
> >
> > ; defined in Section 3.3.2 of [RFC2616] ...
> 
> That would copy the rule from RFC 2616 "by value".

Why not just say "delta-seconds is defined in Section 3.3.2 of [RFC2616]" and 
leave out the restatement of the ABNF?  Then it's truly only specified in one 
place.

> > The angle-bracket notation you have there doesn't seem to be normal.
> > ...
> 
> It's a prose rule; see RFC 5234 prose-val. It's used here to define the
> ABNF rule "by reference".

RFC5234 also says it should be used as a "last resort".  This is such a simple 
definition that it doesn't seem to qualify.

-MSK

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