Re: [#116] ETags and concurrency control

Mark Nottingham wrote:
> I think this is a somewhat different issue, but it is certainly related.
> 
> See:
>   http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/116

Thanks for making that a separate issue.

> The relevant text seems to be:
> 
> p4 section 5:
>> Clients MAY issue simple (non-subrange) GET requests with either weak 
>> validators or strong validators. Clients MUST NOT use weak validators 
>> in other forms of request.
> 
> Proposal:
> 
> Clients MUST NOT use weak validators in range requests [ref to p5].

+1.

>> A cache or origin server receiving a conditional request, other than a 
>> full-body GET request, MUST use the strong comparison function to 
>> evaluate the condition.
> Proposal:
> 
> A cache or origin server receiving a conditional range request [ref to 
> p5] MUST use the strong comparison function to evaluate the condition.

+1.

> p4 section 7.4:
>> See Section 5 for rules on how to determine if two entities tags 
>> match. The weak comparison function can only be used with GET or HEAD 
>> requests.
> 
> Proposal:
> 
> See Section 5 for rules on how to determine if two entity tags match.

+1.

BR, Julian