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Usenet Format Working Group                            K. Murchison, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                        Oceana Matrix Ltd.
Obsoletes: 1036 (if approved)                                 C. Lindsey
Expires: November 25, 2005                      University of Manchester
                                                       D. Kohn
                                              Skymoon Ventures
                                                  May 24, 2005


               Netnews Article Format
            draft-ietf-usefor-usefor-04

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Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2005).

Abstract

   This document specifies the syntax of network news (Netnews) articles
   in the context of the "Internet Message Format" (RFC 2822) and
   "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)" (RFC 2045).  This
   document supersedes RFC 1036, updating it to reflect current practice
   and incorporating incremental changes specified in other documents.
Changes since draft-ietf-usefor-usefor-03

   o  Reworked ABNFs of several headers.

   o  Used Charles' ABNF for <msg-id>.

   o  Disallowed comments in Supersedes header.

   o  Disallowed comments in Xref header.

   o  Disallowed comments in Message-Id header.

   o  CFWS between msg-ids in References header is not optional.

   o  Compatibility changes based on comments from Charles.

   o  Miscellaneous editorial changes.


Changes since draft-ietf-usefor-usefor-02

   o  Changed to RFC 3978 boilerplate (xml2rfc v1.29)

   o  Changed "network news" to "Netnews" throughout.

   o  Prohibit NO-WS-CTL in msg-id.

   o  Complaints-To header is now an Injection-Info parameter.

   o  Added descriptions of Injection-Info parameters.

   o  Removed "filename" parameter from Archive header.

   o  Added CFWS to User-Agent header.

   o  Miscellaneous editorial changes.


Changes since draft-ietf-usefor-usefor-01

   o  Removed half-hearted discussion of internal format and 8-bit clean
      transport.

   o  Added definitions of "proto-article", "posting agent", "followup",
      "followup-agent", "user-agent", and "injecting agent".

   o  Removed discussion of message/partial MIME messages.
   o  Noted that the header contents in every line MUST NOT be empty.

   o  Merged MIME sections.

   o  Only allow "UT" and "GMT" in Date header; disallow all other <obs-
      zone>.

   o  Used Charles' ABNF for <msg-id> and <unstructured>.

   o  Removed restrictions on length and start character for Newsgroups.

   o  More verbose description of Path header.

   o  Disallowed comments in Control header.

   o  Specified that <control-command> is a verb optionally followed by
      whitespace-separated arguments.

   o  Noted that Supersedes header is different from [Son-of-1036].

   o  More exact ABNF for Archive and Injection-Info parameters.

   o  Discussed meaning of "yes", "no" in Archive header.

   o  Added "Obsolete Headers" section.

   o  Miscellaneous editorial changes


Changes since draft-kohn-news-article-03

   o  Document is now a work product of USEFOR

   o  Added new co-authors

   o  Added some definitions from draft-ietf-usefor-article-13

   o  Removed discussion of message/partial MIME messages.

   o  Removed text that belongs in [USEPRO]

   o  Reorganized header sections

   o  Added Archive, User-Agent, Injection-Date, and Injection-Info
      headers.

   o  Used Charles' ABNF for <msg-id> and <unstructured>.
   o  Removed restrictions on length and start character for Newsgroups.

   o  Added required SP to ABNF of header definitions.

   o  Disallowed comments in Control header.

   o  Xref header allows for non-digit "locations".

   o  Only allow for a single message-id in Supersedes header.

   o  Changes to the References header.

   o  Disallowed comments in Xref header.

   o  Disallowed comments in Message-Id header.

   o  Compatibility changes based on comments from Charles.


Changes since draft-ietf-usefor-article-13

   o  The Mail-Copies-To, Posted-And-Mailed headers have been moved to
      other documents.

   o  Dropped MIME parameters, as there is no WG consensus (per Chair).

   o  More exact ABNF for Archive and Injection-Info parameters.

   o  Complaints-To header is now an Injection-Info parameter.


Issues to be addressed

   o  Decide which definitions should go in this document and in
      [USEPRO].

   o  Do we want to discuss message/partial?

   o  Add appendixes for changes from RFC 1036 and differences from RFC
      2822.

   o  IANA considerations (the Klyne message header registry is now
      official as RFC 3864).

   o  Collected Syntax.

   o  Merge more security issues?
   o  Merge acknowledgments?
findit m/Table of Contents/

   1.   Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     1.1  Basic Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     1.2  Scope  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     1.3  Requirements Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     1.4  Syntax Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     1.5  Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     1.6  Structure of This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   2.   Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     2.1  Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     2.2  Headers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     2.3  MIME Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
   3.   News Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     3.1  Mandatory Headers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       3.1.1  From . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       3.1.2  Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
       3.1.3  Message-ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
       3.1.4  Subject  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       3.1.5  Newsgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       3.1.6  Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     3.2  Optional Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
       3.2.1  Injection-Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       3.2.2  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
       3.2.3  Followup-To  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       3.2.4  Expires  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       3.2.5  Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
       3.2.6  Supersedes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
       3.2.7  Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
       3.2.8  Summary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
       3.2.9  Approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
       3.2.10   Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
       3.2.11   Xref . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
       3.2.12   Archive  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
       3.2.13   User-Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
       3.2.14   Injection-Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     3.3  Obsolete Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
       3.3.1  Lines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   4.   Internationalization Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   5.   Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
   6.   References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     6.1  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     6.2  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
        Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
   A.   Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
        Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . .  33
1. Introduction
1.1 Basic Concepts
1.2 Scope
1.3 Requirements Notation
1.4 Syntax Notation
1.5 Definitions
1.6 Structure of This Document
2. Format
2.1 Base
2.2 Headers
2.3 MIME Conformance
3. News Headers
3.1 Mandatory Headers
3.1.1 From
3.1.2 Date
3.1.3 Message-ID
3.1.4 Subject
3.1.5 Newsgroups
3.1.6 Path
3.2 Optional Headers
3.2.1 Injection-Date
3.2.2 References
3.2.3 Followup-To
3.2.4 Expires
3.2.5 Control
3.2.6 Supersedes
3.2.7 Distribution
3.2.8 Summary
3.2.9 Approved
3.2.10 Organization
3.2.11 Xref
3.2.12 Archive
3.2.13 User-Agent
3.2.14 Injection-Info
3.3 Obsolete Headers
3.3.1 Lines
4. Internationalization Considerations
5. Security Considerations
6. References
6.1 Normative References
6.2 Informative References
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--- ../usefor-usefor-03/TOC.out          April 2005
+++ ../usefor-usefor-04/TOC.out          May 2005
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Usenet Format Working Group                            K. Murchison, Ed.
 Internet-Draft                                        Oceana Matrix Ltd.
 Obsoletes: 1036 (if approved)                                 C. Lindsey
-Expires: October 8, 2005                        University of Manchester
+Expires: November 25, 2005                      University of Manchester
                                                        D. Kohn
                                               Skymoon Ventures
-                                                 April 6, 2005
+                                                  May 24, 2005
 
 
-                News Article Format
-            draft-ietf-usefor-usefor-03
+               Netnews Article Format
+            draft-ietf-usefor-usefor-04
 
 Status of this Memo
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
    The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at
    http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html.
 
-   This Internet-Draft will expire on October 8, 2005.
+   This Internet-Draft will expire on November 25, 2005.
 
 Copyright Notice
 
@@ -46,13 +46,32 @@
    "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)" (RFC 2045).  This
    document supersedes RFC 1036, updating it to reflect current practice
    and incorporating incremental changes specified in other documents.
+Changes since draft-ietf-usefor-usefor-03
+
+   o  Reworked ABNFs of several headers.
+
+   o  Used Charles' ABNF for <msg-id>.
+
+   o  Disallowed comments in Supersedes header.
+
+   o  Disallowed comments in Xref header.
+
+   o  Disallowed comments in Message-Id header.
+
+   o  CFWS between msg-ids in References header is not optional.
+
+   o  Compatibility changes based on comments from Charles.
+
+   o  Miscellaneous editorial changes.
+
+
 Changes since draft-ietf-usefor-usefor-02
 
    o  Changed to RFC 3978 boilerplate (xml2rfc v1.29)
 
    o  Changed "network news" to "Netnews" throughout.
 
-   o  Prohibit NO-WS-CTL in msg-id-core.
+   o  Prohibit NO-WS-CTL in msg-id.
 
    o  Complaints-To header is now an Injection-Info parameter.
 
@@ -74,12 +93,11 @@
       "followup-agent", "user-agent", and "injecting agent".
 
    o  Removed discussion of message/partial MIME messages.
-
    o  Noted that the header contents in every line MUST NOT be empty.
 
    o  Merged MIME sections.
 
-   o  Only allow "UT and "GMT" in Date header; disallow all other <obs-
+   o  Only allow "UT" and "GMT" in Date header; disallow all other <obs-
       zone>.
 
    o  Used Charles' ABNF for <msg-id> and <unstructured>.
@@ -90,8 +108,9 @@
 
    o  Disallowed comments in Control header.
 
-   o  Specified that <control-message> is a verb optionally followed by
+   o  Specified that <control-command> is a verb optionally followed by
       whitespace-separated arguments.
+
    o  Noted that Supersedes header is different from [Son-of-1036].
 
    o  More exact ABNF for Archive and Injection-Info parameters.
@@ -121,7 +140,6 @@
       headers.
 
    o  Used Charles' ABNF for <msg-id> and <unstructured>.
-
    o  Removed restrictions on length and start character for Newsgroups.
 
    o  Added required SP to ABNF of header definitions.
@@ -134,10 +152,15 @@
 
    o  Changes to the References header.
 
-   o  Compatibility changes based on comments from Charles
+   o  Disallowed comments in Xref header.
+
+   o  Disallowed comments in Message-Id header.
+
+   o  Compatibility changes based on comments from Charles.
 
 
 Changes since draft-ietf-usefor-article-13
+
    o  The Mail-Copies-To, Posted-And-Mailed headers have been moved to
       other documents.
 
@@ -164,52 +187,51 @@
    o  Collected Syntax.
 
    o  Merge more security issues?
-
    o  Merge acknowledgments?
-Table of Contents
+findit m/Table of Contents/
 
-   1.   Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
-     1.1  Basic Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
-     1.2  Scope  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
-     1.3  Requirements Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
-     1.4  Syntax Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
-     1.5  Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
-     1.6  Structure of This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
-   2.   Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
-     2.1  Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
-     2.2  Headers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
-     2.3  MIME Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
-   3.   News Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
-     3.1  Mandatory Headers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
-       3.1.1  From . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
-       3.1.2  Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
-       3.1.3  Message-ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
-       3.1.4  Subject  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
-       3.1.5  Newsgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
-       3.1.6  Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
-       3.1.7  Injection-Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
-     3.2  Optional Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
-       3.2.1  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
-       3.2.2  Followup-To  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
-       3.2.3  Expires  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
-       3.2.4  Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
-       3.2.5  Supersedes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
-       3.2.6  Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
-       3.2.7  Summary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
-       3.2.8  Approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
-       3.2.9  Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
-       3.2.10   Xref . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
-       3.2.11   Archive  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
-       3.2.12   User-Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
-       3.2.13   Injection-Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
-     3.3  Obsolete Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
-       3.3.1  Lines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
-   4.   Internationalization Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
-   5.   Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
-   6.   References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
-     6.1  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
-     6.2  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
-        Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
-   A.   Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
-        Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . .  31
+   1.   Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
+     1.1  Basic Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
+     1.2  Scope  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
+     1.3  Requirements Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
+     1.4  Syntax Notation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
+     1.5  Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
+     1.6  Structure of This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
+   2.   Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
+     2.1  Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
+     2.2  Headers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
+     2.3  MIME Conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
+   3.   News Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
+     3.1  Mandatory Headers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
+       3.1.1  From . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
+       3.1.2  Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
+       3.1.3  Message-ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
+       3.1.4  Subject  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
+       3.1.5  Newsgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
+       3.1.6  Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
+     3.2  Optional Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
+       3.2.1  Injection-Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
+       3.2.2  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
+       3.2.3  Followup-To  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
+       3.2.4  Expires  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
+       3.2.5  Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
+       3.2.6  Supersedes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
+       3.2.7  Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
+       3.2.8  Summary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
+       3.2.9  Approved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
+       3.2.10   Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
+       3.2.11   Xref . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
+       3.2.12   Archive  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
+       3.2.13   User-Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
+       3.2.14   Injection-Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
+     3.3  Obsolete Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
+       3.3.1  Lines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
+   4.   Internationalization Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
+   5.   Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
+   6.   References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
+     6.1  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
+     6.2  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
+        Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
+   A.   Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
+        Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . .  33
 

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