- From: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 21:45:05 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@kiwi.ICS.UCI.EDU>
- Cc: josh@netscape.com, http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Roy T. Fielding: > >In general: "header" and "headers" are synonyms for the entire message >header (as opposed to the body), whereas 'Set-proxy' is a "header field", >or just "field". I see the same confusion of terms in just about every >proposal to change HTTP, but it would be nice to stay consistent with >what I wrote for HTTP (based on what Ned wrote for MIME). When I started writing the TCN specs, I decided to ignore the `header field' usage in HTTP/1.1. I think `header', like we use it on the list, is both nicer and less confusing. >....Roy Koen.
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