Re: Issue 146, was: Users with different access rights in HTTP Authentication

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 03:24:58PM -0500, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> On 7/19/2010 3:13 PM, Julian Reschke wrote:
> > On 19.07.2010 21:06, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> >> ...
> >>> Proposed
> >>> patch:<http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/attachment/ticket/146/>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> This makes the default reason phrase for 405 "Method Not Supported",
> >>> and also replaces "allowed" by "supported" in the context of 405/Allow.
> >>
> >> I don't believe that makes any sense.  Why the methods are allowed
> >> (or others disallowed) is none of the client's business.  It certainly
> >> has nothing to do with "support" (as in implemented).
> >> ...
> > 
> > OK, then we may need a different term. "Allow" has caused people to
> > think it has to do with access rights, thus confusing 405 with 403.
> 
> What about framing this in terms of Method Not Applicable (which might be
> unsupported, unimplemented, or simply nonsensical in the context of this
> specific resource), which covers just about everything?

or also "not acceptable" ?

Just my few cents,
Willy