[ http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-19?page=com.... ] Ted Bergeron commented on HV-19: -------------------------------- I've been reviewing the HTML5 spec and they document validation strategy for Email and URL. They also note that they specifically violate prior definitions with good reason. This seems like the right spec to adhere to as web apps will be using input type="email" and type="url" binding to fields marked @Email and @URL in the validator. * http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/states-of-the... "A valid e-mail address is a string that matches the ABNF production 1*( atext / "." ) "@" ldh-str 1*( "." ldh-str ) where atext is defined in RFC 5322 section 3.2.3, and ldh-str is defined in RFC 1034 section 3.5. [ABNF] [RFC5322] [RFC1034] This requirement is a willful violation of RFC 5322, which defines a syntax for e-mail addresses that is simultaneously too strict (before the "@" character), too vague (after the "@" character), and too lax (allowing comments, white space characters, and quoted strings in manners unfamiliar to most users) to be of practical use here." * http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/urls.html#val... "The term "URL" in this specification is used in a manner distinct from the precise technical meaning it is given in RFC 3986. Readers familiar with that RFC will find it easier to read this specification if they pretend the term "URL" as used herein is really called something else altogether. This is a willful violation of RFC 3986. [RFC3986]" -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira