Re: ACTION-682: Write a proposal on the HEAD request handling

Yes I agree your version is less convoluted and doesn't lose anything important. 
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Martin. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francois Daoust" <fd@w3.org> 
To: "Martin Jones" <martinj@volantis.com> 
Cc: public-bpwg-ct@w3.org 
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:45:09 AM GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal 
Subject: Re: ACTION-682: Write a proposal on the HEAD request handling 

Thanks again, Martin! 

Martin Jones wrote: 
> This is my proposed text for the treatment of HEAD requests from the 
> clients. This would go somewhere in section 3.1.2: 
> 
> HEAD requests from clients 
> 
> [...] A proxy may convert a HEAD request into a GET request if the response body 
> is required to allow the proxy to analyze the response content to 
> determine the characteristics of the transformed response that it would 
> return if the client issued a GET request. [...] 

This sentence is a lengthy one, I'm just wondering if we could simplify 
it a little bit to, say: 
"A proxy may convert a HEAD request into a GET request if it requires 
the response body to determine the characteristics of the transformed 
response that it would return if the client issues a GET request." 

François.