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9. SDP Grammar

This section provides an Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) grammar for SDP. ABNF is defined in [RFC5234].

; SDP Syntax

announcement = proto-version
               origin-field
               session-name-field
               information-field
               uri-field
               email-fields
               phone-fields
               connection-field
               bandwidth-fields
               time-fields
               key-field
               attribute-fields
               media-descriptions

proto-version = %x76 "=" 1*DIGIT CRLF
                ; Protocol version

origin-field = %x6f "=" username SP sess-id SP sess-version SP
               nettype SP addrtype SP unicast-address CRLF

session-name-field = %x73 "=" text CRLF

information-field = [%x69 "=" text CRLF]

uri-field = [%x75 "=" uri CRLF]

email-fields = *(%x65 "=" email-address CRLF)

phone-fields = *(%x70 "=" phone-number CRLF)

connection-field = [%x63 "=" nettype SP addrtype SP
                   connection-address CRLF]

bandwidth-fields = *(%x62 "=" bwtype ":" bandwidth CRLF)

time-fields = 1*( %x74 "=" start-time SP stop-time
              *(CRLF repeat-fields) CRLF)
              [zone-adjustments CRLF]

repeat-fields = %x72 "=" repeat-interval SP typed-time
                1*(SP typed-time)

zone-adjustments = %x7a "=" time SP ["-"] typed-time
                   *(SP time SP ["-"] typed-time)

key-field = [%x6b "=" key-data CRLF]

attribute-fields = *(%x61 "=" attribute CRLF)

media-descriptions = *( media-field
                     information-field
                     *connection-field
                     bandwidth-fields
                     key-field
                     attribute-fields )

media-field = %x6d "=" media SP port ["/" integer]
              SP proto 1*(SP fmt) CRLF

; Generic rules

username = non-ws-string

sess-id = 1*DIGIT

sess-version = 1*DIGIT

nettype = token

addrtype = token

unicast-address = IP4-address / IP6-address / FQDN / extn-addr

IP4-address = b1 3("." decimal-uchar)

b1 = decimal-uchar

IP6-address = hexpart [ ":" IP4-address ]

FQDN = 4*(alpha-numeric / "-" / ".")

email-address = email / email "(" email-safe ")" /
                email-safe "<" email ">"

phone-number = phone / phone "(" email-safe ")" /
               email-safe "<" phone ">"

connection-address = multicast-address / unicast-address

bwtype = token

bandwidth = 1*DIGIT

start-time = time / "0"

stop-time = time / "0"

time = POS-DIGIT 9*DIGIT

repeat-interval = typed-time

typed-time = 1*DIGIT [fixed-len-time-unit]

fixed-len-time-unit = %x64 / %x68 / %x6d / %x73

key-data = key-type / key-type ":" key-material

key-type = %x63 %x6c %x65 %x61 %x72 /
           %x62 %x61 %x73 %x65 "64" /
           %x75 %x72 %x69 /
           %x70 %x72 %x6f %x6d %x70 %x74

attribute = att-field ":" att-value / att-field

att-field = token

att-value = byte-string

media = token

port = 1*DIGIT

proto = token 0*("/" token)

fmt = token

; Generic primitive rules

token = 1*(token-char)

token-char = %x21 / %x23-27 / %x2A-2B / %x2D-2E / %x30-39
             / %x41-5A / %x5E-7E

byte-string = 1*(0x01..0x09 / 0x0B..0x0C / 0x0E..0xFF)

non-ws-string = 1*(VCHAR / 0x80..0xFF)

text = byte-string

email = email-safe "@" email-safe

email-safe = byte-string

phone = "+" POS-DIGIT 1*(SP / "-" / DIGIT)

uri = URI-reference

decimal-uchar = DIGIT
                / POS-DIGIT DIGIT
                / ("1" 2*(DIGIT))
                / ("2" ("0"/"1"/"2"/"3"/"4") DIGIT)
                / ("2" "5" ("0"/"1"/"2"/"3"/"4"/"5"))

alpha-numeric = ALPHA / DIGIT

POS-DIGIT = %x31-39

hexpart = hexseq / hexseq "::" [ hexseq ] / "::" [ hexseq ]

hexseq = hex4 *( ":" hex4)

hex4 = 1*4HEXDIG

extn-addr = non-ws-string

This grammar defines the complete syntax for SDP session descriptions. Implementations MUST conform to this syntax.

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