- From: Dave Kristol <dmk@allegra.att.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 96 16:14:24 EDT
- To: fielding@avron.ICS.UCI.EDU
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> > [DMK] > > I would think that for the *http* specification, particularly for an > > origin server, there are the following additional requirements that > > are currently unstated: > > > > - absoluteURI must be an http_URL (3.2.2) > > - (should https_URL and shttp_URL also be mentioned?) > > - host must be the FQDN of the host to which the request is sent "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@avron.ICS.UCI.EDU> wrote: > Absolutely NOT on all three items. HTTP is used as a generic > interface protocol for resolving any URI, including URNs > (which do not have a hostname) and any number of other > identifiers which follow the URI syntax. That syntax is correctly > described in the spec. I said "particularly for an origin server". I believe an *origin server* sees either a relativeURI or an absoluteURI in the form of an http_URL on the request line. I'm trying to nail down what an origin server should expect to see. It should be specified somewhere. Dave Kristol
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