A. Yes it does list the "=", in reserved.

B. Wow did you find an old doc. =)

C. What comes after the "?", the query string or searchpart is left undefined in form, except that it is expected that "#" will terminate the query string and begin the fragment reference. Beyond that, it is up to the HTTP standard as to how the query strings will be handled. See here

D. "+" gets turned into the space char, that rule was for when the query was simply a list of keywords, not when name=value pairs are used.

E. I have no friggin idea where the rules for query strings is set. It may be that it is up to each http engine. I sure can't find a document... I do recall from being on the mod_perl and apache lists that "&" and ";" are interchangable under many servers as the pair separators.

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