RFC Errata
RFC 2234, "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF", November 1997
Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 4234
Source of RFC: drums (app)See Also: RFC 2234 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 472
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Tanaka Akira
Date Reported: 2001-11-19
Section 3.9 says:
3.9 ; Comment A semi-colon starts a comment that continues to the end of line. This is a simple way of including useful notes in parallel with the specifications. comment = ";" *(WSP / VCHAR) CRLF
It should say:
char-val = DQUOTE *(%x20-21 / %x23-7E) DQUOTE ; quoted string of SP and VCHAR without DQUOTE prose-val = "<" *(%x20-3D / %x3F-7E) ">" ; bracketed string of SP and VCHAR without angles ; prose description, to be used as last resort CHAR = %x01-7F ; any 7-bit US-ASCII character, excluding NUL
Notes:
Should be:
char-val = DQUOTE *(%x20-21 / %x23-7E) DQUOTE
; quoted string of SP and VCHAR
; without DQUOTE
prose-val = "<" *(%x20-3D / %x3F-7E / c-wsp) ">"
; bracketed, possibly multiline string
; of SP and VCHAR without angles
; prose description, to be used as
; last resort
CHAR = %x01-7F
; any 7-bit US-ASCII character,
; excluding NUL