- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:59:09 -0400
- To: "James M Snell" <jasnell@gmail.com>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
(removed atom-protocol) On 7/12/07, James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> wrote: > * 200 responses MUST include a representation of the modified > resource. 204 responses are used to indicate successful response > without returning a representation. Please don't do that. If a server wants to return a representation of the modified resource, it can do so and signal it (Content-Location). Requiring any particular response prevents it from being used for other things. It also seems a bit odd considering that the intent of PATCH is - like PUT - to set the state of the resource explicitly, so in general, after a successful response the client pretty much knows the state and so the representation is probably not communicating much. Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.ca Coactus; Web-inspired integration strategies http://www.coactus.com
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