- From: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 22:16:02 +0100 (MET)
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com, ned@innosoft.com, klensin@mci.net, Postel@isi.edu, Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no, moore@cs.utk.edu
- Cc: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
We have just finished draft-ietf-http-feature-reg-00.txt, which
defines feature tag registration procedures. I have made a copy
available at
<URL:http://gewis.win.tue.nl/~koen/conneg/draft-ietf-http-feature-reg-00.txt>.
The draft is intended as a discussion draft. It is partly based on
material taken from draft-ietf-822ext-mime-reg-04.txt.
Title page and abstract:
HTTP Working Group Koen Holtman, TUE
Internet-Draft Andrew Mutz, Hewlett-Packard
Expires: April 30, 1997 October 30, 1996
Feature Tag Registration Procedures
draft-ietf-http-feature-reg-00.txt
ABSTRACT
The internet draft draft-holtman-http-negotiation-03.txt
(Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP) specifies a `feature
negotiation' mechanism for negotiation on content characteristics
other than MIME type, charset, and language. Feature negotiation
allows the quick introduction of new dimensions of negotiation
through the registration of `feature tags'. A feature tag
identifies a capability of a user agent or a preference of a user.
This document discusses considerations related to feature tag
registration, and contains a proposed definition of a feature tag
registration procedure. Feature tag registration is foreseen as an
ongoing, open process. It should keep pace with the introduction
of new rendering features by web software vendors, and other
parties such as standards bodies.
General information about transparent content negotiation is at
<URL:http://gewis.win.tue.nl/~koen/conneg>
Happy reading!
Koen.
Received on Wednesday, 30 October 1996 13:24:09 UTC