- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@kiwi.ics.uci.edu>
- Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 17:01:07 -0700
- To: Rodent of Unusual Size <Ken.Coar@golux.com>
- cc: http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com
>Something's come up in the CGI RFC discussion, and I'm hoping >you can clarify. > >RFC 2396 contains the following bits: > >> absoluteURI = scheme ":" ( hier_part | opaque_part ) > : >> URI-reference = [ absoluteURI | relativeURI ] [ "#" fragment ] > >but 2616 says: > >> Location = "Location" ":" absoluteURI > >Does this mean that "Location" values cannot include fragments? Yes. Oops. draft-bos-http-redirect-00.txt seems to assume a fragment is allowed in redirects. The HTTP syntax should be Location = "Location" ":" absoluteURI [ "#" fragment ] The CGI syntax also allows relative references, since those are interpreted internally by the server (unlike HTTP). ....Roy
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