Anthony Bryan wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Peter Poeml wrote:
>> (I always liked the HTTP spec for the User-agent - it recommends to put
>> more significant things in the front of the string, and the less
>> significant things at the end, which makes kind of sense)
>> http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.43
> 
> that's what I'm thinking, something like:
> 
> <generator>MirrorBrain/2.8.1</generator>
> ?

I agree, let's reuse this syntax.

It could also be "Program/version library/version", could also have comments
between parentheses, etc. It's important to note that a product name
*cannot have spaces in it*, or it would be interpreted as multiple
products!

"Mirror Brain/2.8.1" is the "Mirror" product of unspecified version, and
the "Brain" product version 2.8.1. 

I have seen lots of software not following this. For example, Google Code
SVN web hooks use "Google Code Project Hosting" as User-Agent, which is
four product names...



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