- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@apache.org>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:16:55 +0200
- To: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>
- Cc: uri <uri@w3.org>
> But the HTTP spec says: > > > The DELETE method requests that the origin server delete the resource > > identified by the Request-URI. > > What does "delete the resource" mean if resources always exist? Should > DELETE be understood to clear the mapping from resources to > representations? Yes, but as far as the interface is concerned they mean the same thing. What is the difference between a resource that is DELETEd and later PUT, versus one that has no mapped representations between those two events? There are a lot of things not mentioned in the HTTP specification, for one reason or another unrelated to technology. ....Roy
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