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Subject: RE: [xri] First cut at new BNF


FYI, I also removed isegment-nzc since it was only referenced from
ipath-noscheme.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave McAlpin [mailto:Dave.McAlpin@epok.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:44 AM
> To: Wachob, Gabe; xri@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [xri] First cut at new BNF
> 
> Thanks Gabe. I just did this in my head so it's great that you ran it
> through a validation tool.
> 
> The XRI production is fine as unreferenced. The reserved production is
> included in IRI even though it's not used, mostly so they could talk
> about it. I included it for the same reason. I've removed
ipath-noscheme
> and xri-characters.
> 
> No idea about a tool for playing around with ABNF, but I'm sure
someone
> will have a suggestion.
> 
> Dave
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wachob, Gabe [mailto:gwachob@visa.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:40 AM
> > To: Dave McAlpin; xri@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: RE: [xri] First cut at new BNF
> >
> > Dave-
> > 	I ran the abnf through http://www.apps.ietf.org/abnf.html and
> got a
> > couple of errors:
> >
> > unreferenced rule: ipath-noscheme
> > unreferenced rule: xri-characters
> > unreferenced rule: reserved
> > unreferenced rule: XRI
> > ABNF validation (version 1.0) completed
> >
> > 	Seems like XRI is not a problem. Don't know about the others.
> >
> > 	Do you know of any tools that allow you to "play around" with
> BNF's?
> > This one is getting beyond a mere mortal's ability to follow...
> >
> > 	-Gabe
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > gwachob@visa.com
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> >
> > >  -----Original Message-----
> > > From: 	Dave McAlpin [mailto:Dave.McAlpin@epok.net]
> > > Sent:	Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:52 AM
> > > To:	xri@lists.oasis-open.org
> > > Subject:	[xri] First cut at new BNF
> > >
> > > Attached is a first cut at a new BNF that's more closely
> > > aligned with the current drafts of 2396bis and IRI. In this
> > > version, dot is replaced directly with star (i.e. dot is a
> > > peer of colon). Note that I've been much more aggressive with
> > > the use of IRIs which allows us to invent fewer productions.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Please review closely - I'm sure there are problems and
> > > inconsistencies. You may notice that the productions for
> > > xri-fragment and xri-query are ambiguous in that they allow
> > > an optional xref AND parens. This could be handled with a
> > > "first match wins" algorithm, but I'm not sure why we even
> > > call out the option for an xref. This and other issues are
> > > listed at the bottom of the doc.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >  << File: abnf2.0.doc >>
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