- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 17:26:45 PDT
- To: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
> >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. > I don't think you should do this and ask you to change TCN to be consistent with HTTP/1.1 and MIME documents. Larry
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