- From: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
- Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 17:34:22 -0400
- To: khare@w3.org, moore@cs.utk.edu
- Cc: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
>> Progress on an extension mechanism is essential because it is the future of >> 1.x and binary encodings of it. > >I realize this is heresy here, but I have to wonder if it's worth >building the extension mechanism into HTTP. I don't think there's anything heretical about "declare victory and move on." I, ,too, don't think PEP is the future of HTTP. >It would also improve scalability, fault tolerance, I have my own favorite site of wire protocols to suggest here. :) >ability to >screen files (for content ratings, price, language, etc.) before >downloading, selection of multiple variants of a resource (by >allowing the client, rather than the server, to make the selection), >client selection of multiple locations of a resource, etc. Sounds like a call for a directory service. /r$
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