- From: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 10:08:53 -0400
- To: Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no
- Cc: Paul Leach <paulle@microsoft.com>, http-wg-request%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com, http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> Why not use "cacheable" instead of "idempotent"? No, that doesn't work - "cacheable" refers to the object, "idempotent" refers to the method. I would rather say that an idempotent method does not change the topology of the Web. The reason for using "topology" and not "state" is that in some cases, idempotent requests can change the state of the web - especially if log files are considered as a part of the state of the Web, or for example if a document can be accessed 5 times. -- Henrik Frystyk Nielsen, <frystyk@w3.org> World-Wide Web Consortium, MIT/LCS NE43-356 545 Technology Square, Cambridge MA 02139, USA
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