- From: David Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:26:48 -0800 (PST)
- cc: "ietf-http-wg@w3.org Group" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Mark Nottingham wrote: > On 02/12/2008, at 2:54 AM, Julian Reschke wrote: > > > Other points: > > > > - Comparison rules: I understand we only define link comparison for > > relations used in the HTTP Link header, and the rule is character-by- > > character, case-sensitive? > > Good question. My inclination at this point is to say that's the case, > and make it explicit. > I don't think it appropriate to define the comparison as case sensitive for the 'host name' part as that would violate the well understood need to be case insensitive. I would prefer the whole comparison to be case insensitive as it makes for easier human parsing during error analysis, etc., but I recognize that may not be a widely held preference and doesn't mimic how a similar URL/URI would be resolved by common web servers. Dave Morris
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