- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:29:55 PDT
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
'referer' is misspelled. It says so in the spec. Maybe I'm feeling overly grumpy this morning, but folks, this is not the "general discussion about HTTP without having read the spec" list. If you have any questions about HTTP, please at least look to see if your question is answered in the draft document FIRST, and even then, only post in 'http-wg' if it is something we actually need to consider for the work items we have before us. ================================================================ from draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-06.txt ================================================================ 14.37 Referer The Referer[sic] request-header field allows the client to specify, for the server's benefit, the address (URI) of the resource from which the Request-URI was obtained (the "referrer", although the header field is misspelled.) The Referer request-header allows a server to generate lists of back-links to resources for interest, logging, optimized caching, etc. It also allows obsolete or mistyped links to be traced for maintenance. The Referer field MUST NOT be sent if the Request-URI was obtained from a source that does not have its own URI, such as input from the user keyboard.
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