[rfc-i] Re: Normative ABNF [was Re: Re: Normative information in RFC imagery]

2025-05-17 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 18-May-25 09:19, Carsten Bormann wrote: On 17. May 2025, at 22:36, Brian E Carpenter wrote: However, RFC 9651 explains exactly why it uses all that English: " Appendix C. ABNF This section uses the Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) notation [RFC5234] to illustrate the expected syntax of

[rfc-i] Re: Normative ABNF [was Re: Re: Normative information in RFC imagery]

2025-05-17 Thread Carsten Bormann
On 17. May 2025, at 22:36, Brian E Carpenter wrote: > > However, RFC 9651 explains > exactly why it uses all that English: > > " Appendix C. ABNF > > This section uses the Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) notation [RFC5234] to > illustrate the expected syntax of Structured Fields. However, i

[rfc-i] Re: Normative ABNF [was Re: Re: Normative information in RFC imagery]

2025-05-17 Thread Brian E Carpenter
On 18-May-25 02:32, Paul Kyzivat wrote: On 5/17/25 1:27 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: On 16.05.2025 17:22, Salz, Rich wrote: An additional reason why I think that English sentences are better than ABNF or any other formalism as the normative part of a standard track RFC:  most people understand wha

[rfc-i] Re: Normative ABNF [was Re: Re: Normative information in RFC imagery]

2025-05-17 Thread Carsten Bormann
On 17. May 2025, at 16:32, Paul Kyzivat wrote: > > On 5/17/25 1:27 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: >> On 16.05.2025 17:22, Salz, Rich wrote: An additional reason why I think that English sentences are better than ABNF or any other formalism as the normative part of a standard track RFC: >>

[rfc-i] Re: Normative ABNF [was Re: Re: Normative information in RFC imagery]

2025-05-17 Thread Paul Kyzivat
On 5/17/25 1:27 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: On 16.05.2025 17:22, Salz, Rich wrote: An additional reason why I think that English sentences are better than ABNF or any other formalism as the normative part of a standard track RFC:  most people understand what an English sentence means, Can you i