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Bug 27840 - Figure out which characters are valid in query/search
Summary: Figure out which characters are valid in query/search
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: URL (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Anne
QA Contact: sideshowbarker+urlspec
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Reported: 2015-01-15 12:43 UTC by Sam Ruby
Modified: 2015-06-18 10:04 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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annevk: needinfo? (rubys)

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Description Sam Ruby 2015-01-15 12:43:04 UTC 
Characters which may need to revisited include '[' and ']'.

http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/?saved=3368

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1121826
Comment 1 Anne 2015-01-15 12:53:41 UTC 
The Mozilla bug is about the query component and as far as escaping goes the specification appears correct. Now conformance we may want to adjust, but that might also upset the RFC 3986 crowd...
Comment 2 Sam Ruby 2015-01-15 13:22:00 UTC 
> The Mozilla bug is about the query component and as far as escaping goes the specification appears correct. Now conformance we may want to adjust...

OK, I've updated the bug summary to match.

> but that might also upset the RFC 3986 crowd...

At the moment, I'm resigned to the idea that the URL specification needs to have an appendix that describes the differences.
Comment 4 Anne 2015-06-15 13:50:20 UTC 
So what is wrong with matching RFC 3986 for validity?
Comment 5 Anne 2015-06-18 10:04:04 UTC 
Going to resolve this WORKSFORME since it's not actionable.