usefor-article-03 February 2000

6.5.  Summary

   The Summary header is a short phrase summarizing the article's
   content.

      Summary-content     = 1*( [FWS] utext )

   The summary SHOULD be terse. Authors SHOULD avoid trying to cram
   their entire article into the headers; even the simplest query
   usually benefits from a sentence or two of elaboration and context,
   and not all reading agents display all headers. On the other hand the
   summary should give more detail than the Subject.

--- ../s-o-1036/Summary.out          June 1994
+++ ../usefor-article-03/Summary.out          February 2000
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
-6.9. Summary
+6.5.  Summary
 
-The Summary header content is a short phrase summarizing the
-article's content:
+   The Summary header is a short phrase summarizing the article's
+   content.
 
-     Summary-content = nonblank-text
+      Summary-content     = 1*( [FWS] utext )
 
-As with the subject, no restriction is placed on the content
-since it is intended solely for display to humans.
-
-     NOTE: Reading agents should be aware that the Sum-
-     mary  header  is often used as a sort of secondary
-     Subject header,  and  (if  present)  its  contents
-     should  perhaps  be  displayed when the subject is
-     displayed.
-
-The summary SHOULD be terse.  Posters SHOULD avoid trying to
-cram  their  entire  article into the headers; even the sim-
-plest query usually benefits from a sentence or two of elab-
-oration  and context, and not all reading agents display all
-headers.
+   The summary SHOULD be terse. Authors SHOULD avoid trying to cram
+   their entire article into the headers; even the simplest query
+   usually benefits from a sentence or two of elaboration and context,
+   and not all reading agents display all headers. On the other hand the
+   summary should give more detail than the Subject.