- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@kiwi.ics.uci.edu>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 06:14:41 -0700
- To: Jeffrey Mogul <mogul@pa.dec.com>
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> o An origin server SHOULD NOT send a 100 (Continue) response if > the request message does not include an "Expect" request-header > field with the "100-continue" expectation, and MUST NOT send a > 100 (Continue) response if such a request comes from an HTTP/1.0 > (or earlier) client. No, this is not an appropriate use of SHOULD NOT. If we reference the Bradner RFC, then we follow its rules, and one of them is that we MUST NOT use the capitalized forms for things which are not interoperability requirements. > o An origin server SHOULD NOT send a 100 (Continue) response if > has already received some or all of the request body for the > corresponding request. Likewise, inappropriate. Recommendations should be presented as recommendations, not as requirements. ....Roy
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