- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:12:57 +0200
- To: Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>
- CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Henrik Nordstrom wrote: > Again, I don't quite get what it is you are worried about here. The > "data-accepting process" is just about anything which accepts data and > processes it in some manner.. > > What about the text is it you have concerns with? Seems I have trouble getting my concerns across :-). This is related to a discussion we had a few weeks ago over on Atompub, where there was an argument whether a server can just drop parts of the PUT body, or actually implement PUT as some kind of PATCH (where PUT would only modify parts of the existing resource). I *think* the consensus was that when RFC2616 says "store" it really means "store", so -- in general a server should not just do a partial update of the request being identified. rfc2616bis-02 relaxes the original definition of POST, so my concern is that by PUT referencing POST we also have relaxed the definition of PUT as well (making it: the server may do *anything* it wants). Best regards, Julian
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