usefor-article-11 June 2003

4.1.  Syntax of News Articles

   The overall syntax of a news article is:

      article           = 1*( header CRLF ) separator body
      header            = other-header
      other-header      = header-name ":" 1*SP other-content
      header-name       = 1*name-character *( "-" 1*name-character )
      name-character    = ALPHA / DIGIT
      other-content     = <the content of a header defined by some
                 other standard>
      separator         = CRLF
      body              = *( *998text CRLF )

   However, the rule given above for header is incomplete. Further
   alternatives will be added incrementally as the various Netnews
   headers are introduced in this standard (or in future extensions),
   using the "=/" notation defined in [RFC 2234].  For example, a
   typical Usenet-header would be defined as follows:

      header            =/ Usenet-header
      Usenet-header     = "Usenet" ":" SP Usenet-content
                   *( ";" ( Usenet-parameter /
                            extension-parameter ) )
      Usenet-content    = <syntax specific to that Usenet-header>
      Usenet-parameter  = <a parameter specific to that Usenet-header>



   where the Usenet-parameter, which MUST always be of the same
   syntactic form as a parameter, is not provided in all headers, and
   even the extension-parameter is omitted in some cases (see 4.2.2).
   Observe that "Usenet" is (and MUST be) of the syntactic form of a
   header-name.

      extension-parameter
              = <a parameter not defined by this standard>
      x-attribute     = "x-" attribute

   An article consists of some headers followed by a body. An empty line
   separates the two. The headers contain structured information about
   the article and its transmission. A header begins with a header-name
   identifying it, and can be continued onto subsequent lines as
   described in section 4.2.3.  The body is largely unstructured text
   significant only to the poster and the readers.

        NOTE: Terminology here follows the current custom in the news
        community, rather than the [RFC 2822] convention of referring to
        what is here called a "header" as a "header-field" or "field".

   Note that the separator line MUST be truly empty, not just a line
   containing white space. Further empty lines following it are part of
   the body, as are empty lines at the end of the article.

        NOTE: The syntax above defines the canonical form of a news
        article as a sequence of lines each terminated by CRLF. This
        does not prevent serving agents or transport agents from storing
        or handling the article in other formats (e.g. using a single LF
        in place of CRLF) so long as the overall effects achieved are as
        defined by this standard when operating on the canonical form.

--- ../usefor-article-10/Syntax_of_News_Articles.out          April 2003
+++ ../usefor-article-11/Syntax_of_News_Articles.out          June 2003
@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@
       USENET-content    = <syntax specific to that USENET-header>
       USENET-parameter  = <a parameter specific to that USENET-header>
 
+
+
    where the USENET-parameter, which MUST always be of the same
-   syntactic form as an extension-parameter (see below), is not provided
-   in all headers, and even the extension-parameter is omitted in some
-   cases (see 4.2.2).  Observe that "USENET" is (and MUST be) of the
-   syntactic form of a header-name.
+   syntactic form as a parameter, is not provided in all headers, and
+   even the extension-parameter is omitted in some cases (see 4.2.2).
+   Observe that "Usenet" is (and MUST be) of the syntactic form of a
+   header-name.
 
-      extension-parameter= <a parameter not defined by this standard>
+      extension-parameter
+              = <a parameter not defined by this standard>
       x-attribute     = "x-" attribute
 
    An article consists of some headers followed by a body. An empty line