[OASIS Issue Tracker] (ODATA-1101) The hash (#) character is not allowed in search phrases per the ABNF definition

Mark Biamonte created ODATA-1101:
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             Summary: The hash (#) character is not allowed in search phrases per the ABNF definition
                 Key: ODATA-1101
                 URL: https://issues.oasis-open.org/browse/ODATA-1101
             Project: OASIS Open Data Protocol (OData) TC
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: ABNF Construction Rules
    Affects Versions: V4.01_CSD02
            Reporter: Mark Biamonte


The hash character (#) has meaning in both a URL and in OData so it makes sense that the hash character is not allowed in a search word.  I would have expected though that the hash character could be used in a quoted search phrase, but the ABNF definition for search phrase does not include the hash character.

searchPhrase = quotation-mark 1*qchar-no-AMP-DQUOTE quotation-mark

qchar-no-AMP-DQUOTE   = qchar-unescaped 
                      / escape ( escape / quotation-mark )

qchar-unescaped       = unreserved / pct-encoded-unescaped / other-delims / ":" / "@" / "/" / "?" / "$" / "'" / "="

unreserved    = ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." / "_" / "~"

other-delims   = "!" /                   "(" / ")" / "*" / "+" / "," / ";"

None of those definitions include the hash character.  Was the hash character left out on purpose?  Is the only way to include it to percent encode it?



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