- From: Werner Baumann <werner.baumann@onlinehome.de>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:35:31 +0100
- CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > The spec does not say "semantic equivalence". It says 'could be > substituted for each other with no significant change in semantics'. and > 'A validator that does not always change when the resource changes is a > "weak validator."'. > > Note: The full discussion regarding weak/strong is found in the "Weak > and Strong Validators" section, not the definition of ETag. > The spec says in 13.3.3 Weak and Strong Validators: "One can think of a strong validator as one that changes whenever the bits of an entity changes, while a weak value changes whenever the meaning of an entity changes. Alternatively, one can think of a strong validator as part of an identifier for a specific entity, while a weak validator is part of an identifier for a set of semantically equivalent entities." Why do you think, it does not say "semantically equivalent entities"? The spec is self-contradictory and the parts that state "semantic equivalence" should be removed. Werner
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