Re: PUT, side effects and 201 Created?

Am 04.04.2006 um 01:25 schrieb Mark Nottingham:
>
> I.e., read literally, the above requirement requires a 201 Created  
> when PUT results in *any* resource being created -- even as a side  
> effect.
>
> This is IMO unnecessarily constraining, and should be relaxed;  
> e.g., changed to something like
>
> "If a new resource is created at the Request-URI, the origin server  
> MUST inform the user agent via the 201 (Created) response."

I'd file that under clarification. I think you give a clearer  
formulation of what the spec writers did intend to say.

//Stefan