- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:55:05 PST
- To: "Josh Cohen" <joshco@microsoft.com>, <koen@win.tue.nl>, <ietf-http-ext@w3.org>
- Cc: <rdebry@us.ibm.com>
For what it's worth, my opinion on POSTal:
Whether an operation deserves a new method depends on whether the operation
is likely to be applied to the same resource that ALSO might respond to GET,
POST, or PUT. Otherwise, you're better off using an existing method with a different
URI or content-type or modified headers.
In the case of WebDAV, the protocol is adding new operations to existing resources.
In the case of IPP, the protocol is actually just being applied to new resources ("printers").
So WebDAV needs new methods, but IPP can use POST without a problem.
The "firewall" issue is a red herring. (Yes, it's red. No, it's irrelevant.)
Larry
Received on Friday, 27 February 1998 19:55:31 UTC