> -----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 _______________________________________________ websec mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/websec
