[zeromq-dev] XRAP clarification: Are parameters/metadata case sensitive?

[Pieter Hintjens]

ZMTP uses case-insensitive metadata names. I suggest we use the same convention.



On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Tom Quarendon
<tom.quarendon at teamwpc.co.uk> wrote:
> It’s not specified in the XRAP specification whether or not the names in the
> parameter hash, or the returned metadata hash are case sensitive or not.
>
> When actually attempting to implement this, I think this is information that
> is required.
>
> In HTTP, header fields are case insensitive. In HTTP/2 I believe it even
> goes as far as to say that the header names have to be passed in lower case.
>
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> I don’t know what would be most appropriate in this circumstance, I think
> that having them case insensitive, or equivalently always passed in lower
> case, would be most sensible.
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> Assuming concensus is reached, can the spec be edited to reflect?
>
> Thanks.
>
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