Re: Typo in RFC2616/HTTP/1.1?? "Varriant"

On Sep 20, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Elijah Lynn <elijah@elijahlynn.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> In section 1.3 (Terminology) of RFC2616 (HTTP/1.1) it defines:
> 
> ===================
> Variant
> A resource may have one, or more than one, representation(s) associated with it at any given instant. Each of these representations is termed a `varriant'. Use of the term `variant' does not necessarily imply that the resource is subject to content negotiation.
> ===================
> 
> I am not sure if the use of 'varriant' with two r's is intentional in the above paragraph.
> 
> Can someone please clarify?

Hello Elijah,

I see that in the original RFC:
 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt

That has been reported as an error to the RFC editor:
 http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc

Ian

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Elijah Lynn
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