- From: Daniel W. Connolly <connolly@beach.w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 15:56:54 -0400
- To: Foteos Macrides <MACRIDES@sci.wfbr.edu>
- Cc: brian@organic.com, www-html@w3.org
In message <01I4Z75LICG200FLFS@SCI.WFBR.EDU>, Foteos Macrides writes: > > Unfortunately, content negotiation was not included in the >HTTP/1.1 ID What? Please cite sources! It helps prevent the spread of such misinformation: http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Protocols/HTTP/1.1/draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-03 15 Content Negotiation A generic resource has multiple entities associated with it, all of which are representations of the content of the resource. Content negotiation is the process of selecting the best representation when a GET or HEAD request is made on the generic resource. HTTP/1.1 has provisions for two kinds of content negotiation: opaque negotiation and transparent negotiation. Dan
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