v3.2: Editorial improvements to Appendix E (Percent-Encoding) #4797
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Percent-Encdoing is mind-boggling, make a TL;DR section. Also clarify that `format` has to be enabled to impact validation.
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| @@ -4451,7 +4462,7 @@ WHATWG is a [web browser-oriented](https://whatwg.org/faq#what-is-the-whatwg-wor | |||
| WHATWG's percent-encoding rules for query strings are different depending on whether the query string is [being treated as `form-urlencoded`](https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#application-x-www-form-urlencoded-percent-encode-set) (where it requires more percent-encoding than [[RFC1738]]) or [as part of the generic syntax](https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#query-percent-encode-set), where it allows characters that [[RFC3986]] forbids. | |||
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| Implementations needing maximum compatibility with web browsers SHOULD use WHATWG's `form-urlencoded` percent-encoding rules. | |||
| However, they SHOULD NOT rely on WHATWG's less stringent generic query string rules, as the resulting URLs would fail RFC3986 validation, including JSON Schema's `format: uri` and `format: uri-reference`. | |||
| However, they SHOULD NOT rely on WHATWG's less stringent generic query string rules, as the resulting URLs would fail RFC3986 validation, including JSON Schema's `format: uri` and `format: uri-reference` (when `format` validation is endabled). | |||
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Percent-Encdoing is mind-boggling, make a TL;DR section.
Also clarify that
formathas to be enabled to impact validation.