Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id BAA22617; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 01:45:56 -0400 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.6); Thu, 11 Jul 1996 01:44:55 -0400 Received: from ng.netgate.net (root@ng.netgate.net [204.145.147.10]) by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id BAA22397; Thu, 11 Jul 1996 01:43:21 -0400 Received: from [205.214.160.90] (d73.netgate.net [205.214.160.109]) by ng.netgate.net (8.7.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA14529 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 22:47:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Sender: dcrocker@ng.netgate.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 20:58:53 -0700 To: drums@cs.utk.edu From: Dave Crocker Subject: Re: From The Chair: WG Last Call ABNF Issues At 4:12 PM -0700 7/10/96, John C Klensin wrote: >much that is useful. And it will mean that anyone trying to >read a protocol spec will need to simultanously consult three >docs -- the protocol doc, the ABNF doc, and the >[relevant] terminals doc. They won't do it -- instead, they >will guess at what the grammar means and get it wrong. yin/yang tradeoff, IMO. The rough consensus (and also a casual one, based on tone) in Montreal was that the base spec should be a "pure" meta-language definition, with the common terminals being viewed as beyond the scope of such a document. if there is strong feeling to the contrary, others should speak now or forever hold their double citations. d/ -------------------- Dave Crocker +1 408 246 8253 Brandenburg Consulting fax: +1 408 249 6205 675 Spruce Dr. dcrocker@brandenburg.com Sunnyvale CA 94086 USA http://www.brandenburg.com Internet Mail Consortium http://www.imc.org, info@imc.org