4. ABNF の ABNF 定義

NOTES:

この構文は、比較的厳密な規則の書式設定を必要とします。したがって、仕様に含まれる規則集合の版は、ABNF パーサーが解釈できることを保証するために前処理を必要とする場合があります。
この構文は、付録 B で提供される規則を使用します。

      rulelist       =  1*( rule / (*c-wsp c-nl) )

      rule           =  rulename defined-as elements c-nl
                             ; continues if next line starts
                             ;  with white space

      rulename       =  ALPHA *(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-")

      defined-as     =  *c-wsp ("=" / "=/") *c-wsp
                             ; basic rules definition and
                             ;  incremental alternatives

      elements       =  alternation *c-wsp

      c-wsp          =  WSP / (c-nl WSP)

      c-nl           =  comment / CRLF
                             ; comment or newline

      comment        =  ";" *(WSP / VCHAR) CRLF

      alternation    =  concatenation
                        *(*c-wsp "/" *c-wsp concatenation)

      concatenation  =  repetition *(1*c-wsp repetition)

      repetition     =  [repeat] element

      repeat         =  1*DIGIT / (*DIGIT "*" *DIGIT)

      element        =  rulename / group / option /
                        char-val / num-val / prose-val

      group          =  "(" *c-wsp alternation *c-wsp ")"

      option         =  "[" *c-wsp alternation *c-wsp "]"

      char-val       =  DQUOTE *(%x20-21 / %x23-7E) DQUOTE
                             ; quoted string of SP and VCHAR
                             ;  without DQUOTE

      num-val        =  "%" (bin-val / dec-val / hex-val)

      bin-val        =  "b" 1*BIT
                        [ 1*("." 1*BIT) / ("-" 1*BIT) ]
                             ; series of concatenated bit values
                             ;  or single ONEOF range

      dec-val        =  "d" 1*DIGIT
                        [ 1*("." 1*DIGIT) / ("-" 1*DIGIT) ]

      hex-val        =  "x" 1*HEXDIG
                        [ 1*("." 1*HEXDIG) / ("-" 1*HEXDIG) ]

      prose-val      =  "<" *(%x20-3D / %x3F-7E) ">"
                             ; bracketed string of SP and VCHAR
                             ;  without angles
                             ; prose description, to be used as
                             ;  last resort