| @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| Discussion of this draft occurs on the CGI-WG mailing list; see the |
| - | project Web page at |
| + | project Web page at |
| <SAMP><URL:<A HREF="http://CGI-Spec.Golux.Com/" |
| >http://CGI-Spec.Golux.Com/</A>></SAMP> |
| for details on the mailing list and the status of the project. |
| @@ -410,17 +410,17 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </H3> |
| <P> |
| Together the HTTP [<A HREF="#[3]">3</A>,<A HREF="#[8]">8</A>] server |
| - | and the CGI script are responsible |
| + | and the CGI script are responsible |
| for servicing a client |
| request by sending back responses. The client |
| request comprises a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) |
| - | [<A HREF="#[1]">1</A>], a |
| + | [<A HREF="#[1]">1</A>], a |
| request method, and various ancillary |
| information about the request |
| provided by the transport mechanism. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| - | The CGI defines the abstract parameters, known as |
| + | The CGI defines the abstract parameters, known as |
| metavariables, |
| which describe the client's |
| request. Together with a |
| @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </H3> |
| <P> |
| This specification uses the same words as RFC 1123 |
| - | [<A HREF="#[5]">5</A>] to define the |
| + | [<A HREF="#[5]">5</A>] to define the |
| significance of each particular requirement. These are: |
| </P><!--#if expr="! $GUI" --> |
| <P></P><!--#endif --> |
| @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| all of the 'should' requirements for its features is said to be |
| 'conditionally compliant.' |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H3> |
| <A NAME="1.3"> |
| 1.3. Specifications |
| @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </P> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H3> |
| <A NAME="1.4"> |
| 1.4. Terminology |
| @@ -523,11 +523,11 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| <P> |
| This specification uses many terms defined in the HTTP/1.1 |
| specification [<A HREF="#[8]">8</A>]; however, the following terms are |
| - | used here in a |
| + | used here in a |
| sense which may not accord with their definitions in that document, |
| or with their common meaning. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <DL> |
| <DT><EM>metavariable</EM> |
| </DT> |
| @@ -538,13 +538,13 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| environment, although that is the most common implementation. |
| </P> |
| </DD> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <DT><EM>script</EM> |
| </DT> |
| <DD> |
| <P> |
| The software which is invoked by the server <EM>via</EM> this |
| - | interface. It |
| + | interface. It |
| need not be a standalone program, but could be a |
| dynamically-loaded or shared library, or even a subroutine in the |
| server. It <EM>may</EM> be a set of statements |
| @@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </P> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H2> |
| <A NAME="2.0"> |
| 2. Notational Conventions and Generic Grammar |
| @@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </P> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H3> |
| <A NAME="2.2"> |
| 2.2. Basic Rules |
| @@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| Note that newline (NL) need not be a single character, but can be a |
| character sequence. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H2> |
| <A NAME="3.0"> |
| 3. Protocol Parameters |
| @@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| 2396 [<A HREF="#[4]">4</A>] |
| for authoritative treatment of this issue. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H3> |
| <A NAME="3.2"> |
| 3.2. The Script-URI |
| @@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| <P> |
| The 'Script-URI' is defined as the URI of the resource identified |
| by the metavariables. Often, |
| - | this URI will be the same as |
| + | this URI will be the same as |
| the URI requested by the client (the 'Client-URI'); however, it need |
| not be. Instead, it could be a URI invented by the server, and so it |
| can only be used in the context of the server and its CGI interface. |
| @@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| <P> |
| The Script-URI has the syntax of generic-RL as defined in section 2.1 |
| of RFC 1808 [<A HREF="#[7]">7</A>], with the exception that object |
| - | parameters and |
| + | parameters and |
| fragment identifiers are not permitted: |
| </P><!--#if expr="! $GUI" --> |
| <P></P><!--#endif --> |
| @@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| for the script to reconstruct this, and therefore |
| the Script-URI includes the base protocol used. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H2> |
| <A NAME="4.0"> |
| 4. Invoking the Script |
| @@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| otherwise, the file containing the script will be invoked as an |
| executable program. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H2> |
| <A NAME="5.0"> |
| 5. The CGI Script Command Line |
| @@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| This is identified by a "GET" or "HEAD" HTTP request with a URL |
| query |
| string not containing any unencoded "=" characters. For such a |
| - | request, |
| + | request, |
| servers SHOULD parse the search string |
| into words, using the following rules: |
| </P><!--#if expr="! $GUI" --> |
| @@ -862,12 +862,12 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| <P> |
| Each CGI server |
| implementation MUST define a mechanism |
| - | to pass data about the request from |
| + | to pass data about the request from |
| the server to the script. |
| The metavariables containing these |
| data |
| are accessed by the script in a system |
| - | defined manner. |
| + | defined manner. |
| The |
| representation of the characters in the |
| metavariables is |
| @@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </A> |
| </H4> |
| <P> |
| - | This variable is specific to requests made |
| + | This variable is specific to requests made |
| <EM>via</EM> the |
| "<CODE>http</CODE>" |
| scheme. |
| @@ -943,10 +943,10 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| <P> |
| If the Script-URI |
| required access authentication for external |
| - | access, then the server |
| + | access, then the server |
| MUST set |
| the value of |
| - | this variable |
| + | this variable |
| from the '<SAMP>auth-scheme</SAMP>' token in |
| the request's "<SAMP>Authorization</SAMP>" header |
| field. |
| @@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| <P> |
| HTTP access authentication schemes are described in section 11 of the |
| HTTP/1.1 specification [<A HREF="#[8]">8</A>]. The auth-scheme is |
| - | not case-sensitive. |
| + | not case-sensitive. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| Servers |
| @@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| entity if the type was provided <EM>via</EM> |
| a "<SAMP>Content-type</SAMP>" field in the |
| request header, or if the server can determine it in the absence |
| - | of a supplied "<SAMP>Content-type</SAMP>" field. The syntax is the |
| + | of a supplied "<SAMP>Content-type</SAMP>" field. The syntax is the |
| same as for the HTTP |
| "<SAMP>Content-Type</SAMP>" header field. |
| </P><!--#if expr="! $GUI" --> |
| @@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| the data received. If the type remains unknown, then |
| the script MAY choose to either assume a |
| content-type of |
| - | <SAMP>application/octet-stream</SAMP> |
| + | <SAMP>application/octet-stream</SAMP> |
| or reject the request with a 415 ("Unsupported Media Type") |
| error. See <A HREF="#7.2.1.3">section 7.2.1.3</A> |
| for more information about returning error status values. |
| @@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </PRE> |
| <P> |
| Note that the major and minor numbers are treated as separate |
| - | integers and hence each may be |
| + | integers and hence each may be |
| more than a single |
| digit. Thus CGI/2.4 is a lower version than CGI/2.13 which in turn |
| is lower than CGI/12.3. Leading zeros in either |
| @@ -1114,10 +1114,10 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </H4> |
| <P> |
| These metavariables are specific to |
| - | the protocol |
| + | the protocol |
| <EM>via</EM> which the request is made. |
| - | Interpretation of these variables depends on the value of |
| - | the |
| + | Interpretation of these variables depends on the value of |
| + | the |
| SERVER_PROTOCOL |
| metavariable |
| (see |
| @@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| the request |
| header fields that they |
| receive. In particular, |
| - | they MAY |
| + | they MAY |
| decline to make available any |
| header fields carrying authentication information, such as |
| "<SAMP>Authorization</SAMP>", or |
| @@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| (defined in |
| RFC 2396 |
| [<A HREF="#[4]">4</A>]), with the exception |
| - | that a PATH_INFO of "/" |
| + | that a PATH_INFO of "/" |
| represents a single void path segment. |
| </P><!--#if expr="! $GUI" --> |
| <P></P><!--#endif --> |
| @@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| The PATH_INFO string is the trailing part of the <path> component of |
| the Script-URI |
| (see <A HREF="#3.2">section 3.2</A>) |
| - | that follows the SCRIPT_NAME |
| + | that follows the SCRIPT_NAME |
| portion of the path. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| @@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| case of the original segment through the translation. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| - | The |
| + | The |
| translation |
| algorithm the server uses to derive PATH_TRANSLATED is |
| implementation defined; CGI scripts which use this variable may |
| @@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </A> |
| </H4> |
| <P> |
| - | A URL-encoded |
| + | A URL-encoded |
| string; the <query> part of the |
| Script-URI. |
| (See |
| @@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| Servers SHOULD provide this information to |
| scripts. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H4> |
| <A NAME="6.1.11"> |
| 6.1.11. REMOTE_IDENT |
| @@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| Servers MAY supply this information to scripts if the |
| RFC1413 [<A HREF="#[11]">11</A>] lookup is performed. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H4> |
| <A NAME="6.1.12"> |
| 6.1.12. REMOTE_USER |
| @@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| Servers SHOULD provide this metavariable |
| to scripts. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H4> |
| <A NAME="6.1.13"> |
| 6.1.13. REQUEST_METHOD |
| @@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| is set to the |
| method with which the request was made, as described in section |
| 5.1.1 of the HTTP/1.0 specification [<A HREF="#[3]">3</A>] and |
| - | section 5.1.1 of the |
| + | section 5.1.1 of the |
| HTTP/1.1 specification [<A HREF="#[8]">8</A>]. |
| </P><!--#if expr="! $GUI" --> |
| <P></P><!--#endif --> |
| @@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| extension-method = token |
| </PRE> |
| <P> |
| - | The method is case sensitive. |
| + | The method is case sensitive. |
| CGI/1.1 servers MAY choose to process some methods |
| directly rather than passing them to scripts. |
| </P> |
| @@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| Servers MUST provide this metavariable |
| to scripts. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H4> |
| <A NAME="6.1.14"> |
| 6.1.14. SCRIPT_NAME |
| @@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| Servers MUST provide this metavariable |
| to scripts. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H4> |
| <A NAME="6.1.15"> |
| 6.1.15. SERVER_NAME |
| @@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| metavariable |
| is set to the |
| name of the |
| - | server, as |
| + | server, as |
| derived from the <host> part of the |
| Script-URI |
| (see <A HREF="#3.2">section 3.2</A>). |
| @@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| Servers MUST provide this metavariable |
| to scripts. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H4> |
| <A NAME="6.1.17"> |
| 6.1.17. SERVER_PROTOCOL |
| @@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| Servers MUST provide this metavariable |
| to scripts. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H4> |
| <A NAME="6.1.18"> |
| 6.1.18. SERVER_SOFTWARE |
| @@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| <P> |
| For non-parsed header (NPH) scripts (see |
| <A HREF="#7.1">section 7.1</A> |
| - | below), |
| + | below), |
| servers SHOULD |
| attempt to ensure that the data |
| supplied to the script are precisely |
| @@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| internal and no transport-visible |
| buffering. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H3> |
| <A NAME="7.2"> |
| 7.2. Parsed Header Output |
| @@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| a member of the "one of these is required" set of header |
| fields. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H4> |
| <A NAME="7.2.1.2"> |
| 7.2.1.2. Location |
| @@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| value is either an absolute URI with optional fragment, |
| as defined in RFC 1630 [<A HREF="#[1]">1</A>], or an absolute path |
| within the server's URI space (<EM>i.e.</EM>, |
| - | omitting the scheme and network-related fields) and optional |
| + | omitting the scheme and network-related fields) and optional |
| query-string. If an absolute URI is returned by the script, |
| then the |
| server MUST generate a |
| @@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| The valid status codes are listed in section 6.1.1 of the HTTP/1.0 |
| specifications [<A HREF="#[3]">3</A>]. If the SERVER_PROTOCOL is |
| "HTTP/1.1", then the status codes defined in the HTTP/1.1 |
| - | specification [<A HREF="#[8]">8</A>] may |
| + | specification [<A HREF="#[8]">8</A>] may |
| be used. If the script does not return a "<SAMP>Status</SAMP>" header |
| field, then "200 OK" SHOULD be assumed by the server. |
| </P> |
| @@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| SHOULD include a "Status: 404 Not Found" in the |
| header data returned to the server. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H4> |
| <A NAME="7.2.1.4"> |
| 7.2.1.4. Extension header fields |
| @@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </H3> |
| <P> |
| Servers MUST support the standard mechanism (described below) which |
| - | allows |
| + | allows |
| script authors to determine |
| what URL to use in documents |
| which reference the script; |
| @@ -1951,11 +1951,11 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| mechanism is as follows: |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| - | The server |
| + | The server |
| MUST translate the header data from the CGI header field syntax to |
| the HTTP |
| header field syntax if these differ. For example, the character |
| - | sequence for |
| + | sequence for |
| newline (such as Unix's ASCII NL) used by CGI scripts may not be the |
| same as that used by HTTP (ASCII CR followed by LF). The server MUST |
| also resolve any conflicts between header fields returned by the script |
| @@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </LI> |
| <LI>define the behaviour for <SAMP>"."</SAMP> or <SAMP>".."</SAMP> path |
| segments; <EM>i.e.</EM>, whether they are prohibited, treated as |
| - | ordinary path |
| + | ordinary path |
| segments or interpreted in accordance with the relative URL |
| specification [<A HREF="#[7]">7</A>]; |
| </LI> |
| @@ -2143,7 +2143,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| |
| <H2> |
| <A NAME="9.0"> |
| - | 9. |
| + | 9. |
| Script Implementation |
| </A> |
| </H2> |
| @@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| Found' if PATH_INFO is not NULL. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| - | If a script is processing the output of a form, it SHOULD |
| + | If a script is processing the output of a form, it SHOULD |
| verify that the CONTENT_TYPE |
| is "<SAMP>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</SAMP>" [<A HREF="#[2]">2</A>] |
| or whatever other media type is expected. |
| @@ -2231,12 +2231,12 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| of void path segments ("<SAMP>//</SAMP>") and special path segments |
| (<SAMP>"."</SAMP> and |
| <SAMP>".."</SAMP>). They SHOULD either be removed from the path before |
| - | use in OS |
| + | use in OS |
| system calls, or the request SHOULD be rejected with |
| '404 Not Found'. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| - | As it is impossible for |
| + | As it is impossible for |
| scripts to determine the client URI that |
| initiated a |
| request without knowledge of the specific server in |
| @@ -2246,7 +2246,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| tag in the document. |
| </P> |
| <P> |
| - | When returning header fields, |
| + | When returning header fields, |
| scripts SHOULD try to send the CGI |
| header fields (see section |
| <A HREF="#7.2">7.2</A>) as soon as possible, and |
| @@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| before any HTTP header fields. This may |
| help reduce the server's memory requirements. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H2> |
| <A NAME="10.0"> |
| 10. System Specifications |
| @@ -2300,7 +2300,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </P> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H3> |
| <A NAME="10.2"> |
| 10.2. Unix |
| @@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </P> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H2> |
| <A NAME="11.0"> |
| 11. Security Considerations |
| @@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| <P> |
| As discussed in the security considerations of the HTTP |
| specifications [<A HREF="#[3]">3</A>,<A HREF="#[8]">8</A>], the |
| - | convention has been established that the |
| + | convention has been established that the |
| GET and HEAD methods should be 'safe'; they should cause no |
| side-effects and only have the significance of resource retrieval. |
| </P> |
| @@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| requests are those that may be repeated an arbitrary number of times |
| and produce side effects identical to a single request. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H3> |
| <A NAME="11.2"> |
| 11.2. HTTP Header |
| @@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| HTTP_PROXY_AUTHORIZATION |
| metavariable. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H3> |
| <A NAME="11.3"> |
| 11.3. Script |
| @@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| SHOULD be taken to protect the core memory of the server, or to |
| ensure that untrusted code cannot be executed. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H3> |
| <A NAME="11.4"> |
| 11.4. Data Length and Buffering Considerations |
| @@ -2504,7 +2504,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| Patrick M<SUP>c</SUP>Manus, Adam Donahue, |
| Ross Patterson, and Harald Alvestrand. |
| </P> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H2> |
| <A NAME="13.0"> |
| 13. References |
| @@ -2554,7 +2554,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </DD> |
| <DT><A NAME="[6]">[6]</A> |
| </DT> |
| - | <DD>Crocker, D.H., 'Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text |
| + | <DD>Crocker, D.H., 'Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text |
| Messages', STD 11, RFC 822, University of Delaware, August 1982. |
| <P> |
| </P> |
| @@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| </P> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| - | |
| + | |
| <H2> |
| <A NAME="14.0"> |
| 14. Authors' Addresses |
| @@ -2669,6 +2669,6 @@ INTERNET-DRAFT Expires 1 December 1998 [Page 2] |
| HREF="mailto:[email protected]" |
| ><SAMP>[email protected]</SAMP></A> |
| </ADDRESS> |
| - | |
| + | |
| </BODY> |
| </HTML> |