fix accumulated whitespace and indentation damage
diff --git a/docs/draft-coar-cgi-v11-03-clean.html b/docs/draft-coar-cgi-v11-03-clean.html
index 3783550..d52c9b8 100644
--- a/docs/draft-coar-cgi-v11-03-clean.html
+++ b/docs/draft-coar-cgi-v11-03-clean.html
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
</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 @@
</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 @@
</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 @@
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 @@
</P>
</DD>
</DL>
-
+
<H3>
<A NAME="1.4">
1.4. Terminology
@@ -523,11 +523,11 @@
<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 @@
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 @@
</P>
</DD>
</DL>
-
+
<H2>
<A NAME="2.0">
2. Notational Conventions and Generic Grammar
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@
</P>
</DD>
</DL>
-
+
<H3>
<A NAME="2.2">
2.2. Basic Rules
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@
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 @@
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 @@
<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 @@
<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 @@
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 @@
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 @@
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 @@
<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 @@
</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 @@
<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 @@
<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 @@
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 @@
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 @@
</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 @@
</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 @@
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 @@
(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 @@
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 @@
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 @@
</A>
</H4>
<P>
- A URL-encoded
+ A URL-encoded
string; the <query> part of the
Script-URI.
(See
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@
Servers SHOULD provide this information to
scripts.
</P>
-
+
<H4>
<A NAME="6.1.11">
6.1.11. REMOTE_IDENT
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@
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 @@
Servers SHOULD provide this metavariable
to scripts.
</P>
-
+
<H4>
<A NAME="6.1.13">
6.1.13. REQUEST_METHOD
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@
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 @@
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 @@
Servers MUST provide this metavariable
to scripts.
</P>
-
+
<H4>
<A NAME="6.1.14">
6.1.14. SCRIPT_NAME
@@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@
Servers MUST provide this metavariable
to scripts.
</P>
-
+
<H4>
<A NAME="6.1.15">
6.1.15. SERVER_NAME
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@
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 @@
Servers MUST provide this metavariable
to scripts.
</P>
-
+
<H4>
<A NAME="6.1.17">
6.1.17. SERVER_PROTOCOL
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@
Servers MUST provide this metavariable
to scripts.
</P>
-
+
<H4>
<A NAME="6.1.18">
6.1.18. SERVER_SOFTWARE
@@ -1641,7 +1641,7 @@
<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 @@
internal and no transport-visible
buffering.
</P>
-
+
<H3>
<A NAME="7.2">
7.2. Parsed Header Output
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@
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 @@
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 @@
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 @@
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 @@
</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 @@
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 @@
</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 @@
<H2>
<A NAME="9.0">
- 9.
+ 9.
Script Implementation
</A>
</H2>
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@
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 @@
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 @@
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 @@
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 @@
</P>
</DD>
</DL>
-
+
<H3>
<A NAME="10.2">
10.2. Unix
@@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@
</P>
</DD>
</DL>
-
+
<H2>
<A NAME="11.0">
11. Security Considerations
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@
<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 @@
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 @@
HTTP_PROXY_AUTHORIZATION
metavariable.
</P>
-
+
<H3>
<A NAME="11.3">
11.3. Script
@@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@
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 @@
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 @@
</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 @@
</P>
</DD>
</DL>
-
+
<H2>
<A NAME="14.0">
14. Authors' Addresses
@@ -2669,6 +2669,6 @@
HREF="mailto:drtr@etrade.co.uk"
><SAMP>drtr@etrade.co.uk</SAMP></A>
</ADDRESS>
-
+
</BODY>
</HTML>