- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:31:20 +1100
- To: Brian Smith <brian@briansmith.org>
- Cc: "'HTTP Working Group'" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
So it seems like it's either; a) change it to a response header, drop the request use case b) change it to a general header (although that's not a perfect fit either) I've heard some preference for (a) from other folks. On 29/02/2008, at 12:11 AM, Brian Smith wrote: > > Mark Nottingham wrote: >> Ah -- from Allow's definition: >> >>> The Allow header field MAY be provided with a PUT request >>> to recommend the methods to be supported by the new or >>> modified resource. The server is not required to support >>> these methods and SHOULD include an Allow header in the >>> response giving the actual supported methods. >> Question: is this implemented anywhere? WebDAV folks? > > Even if Allow is used in a request, it isn't an entity header, because > it doesn't describe an entity. It would be both a request-header and a > response-header. > > - Brian > > -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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