- From: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 19:39:10 +0200 (MET DST)
- To: Jeffrey Mogul <mogul@pa.dec.com>
- Cc: frystyk@w3.org, http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Jeffrey Mogul: [...] >How about > The Vary field value indicates the set of request-header fields > that fully determines, while the response is fresh, whether a cache > may use the response to reply to a subsequent request without > revalidation. For uncachable or stale responses, the Vary field > value advises the user agent about the criteria that were used to > select the representation. A Vary field value of ``*'' implies > that a cache cannot determine from the request headers of a > subsequent request whether this response is the appropriate > representation. > >I know this is a little longer than the original, but I think >it is probably less ambiguous. This is a great improvement, I support it going in. >-Jeff Koen.
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