- From: Christoph Schneegans <Christoph@Schneegans.de>
- Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 23:25:26 GMT
- To: "Bjoern Hoehrmann" <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: >> Using the AddType directive, Apache is able to add a 'qs' parameter to >> the Content-Type header, which might result in the following output: >> >> Content-Type: application/xhtml+xml;charset=iso-8859-1;qs=0.999 > > Using the AddType directive, you are able to create abitrary > Content-Type headers. "qs" is somewhat special, see below. >> Is the 'qs' parameter legal there? > > No, valid paramters for a given media type are subject to the media type > registration, RFC 3236 in this case. Well, after reading RFC 2616 again, I have to agree with this view. > "qs" is inspired by the source quality factor abbreviation of RFC > 2295/2296 and documented as an additional parameter you may use in > Apaches type-map files. In addition, the "qs" parameter does affect Apache's negotiation algorithm when used within an AddType directive, so you would not have to struggle with .var files - this can be a major benefit. Of course, the "qs" parameter should not be included in the Content-Type header, but so far I haven't seen any client that complains about it. Regards, Christoph Schneegans -- <http://schneegans.de/>
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