- From: Judith Slein <slein@wrc.xerox.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 13:14:25 PDT
- To: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
The current draft of the Collections specification depends in many places on the draft "Mandatory Extensions to HTTP" specification being developed by the HTTP Extensions working group. "Mandatory Extensions" provides a way to define new headers for use with existing HTTP methods, and force old servers that do not understand these headers to fail the request. The primary use of "Mandatory Extensions" in the Collections specification is to allow the HTTP PUT method to be used to create referential resources. Based on Roy's advice, the group at Redmond agreed that it would be simpler and more appropriate to define a new MKREF method to perform this function. Other uses of "Mandatory Extensions" in the Collections specification are optional and up to the client. These uses add unnecessary complexity and an unwanted dependency on a draft specification. The group at Redmond agreed that all references to "Mandatory Extensions" should be removed from the Collections specification. Clients that want to use "Mandatory Extensions" to force old servers to fail requests with unrecognized headers are free to do so without any advice from us. --Judy Name: Judith A. Slein E-Mail: slein@wrc.xerox.com Phone: (716) 422-5169 Fax: (716) 422-2938 Xerox Corporation Mail Stop 105-50C 800 Phillips Road Webster, NY 14580
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