PUT: store "under" vs. "at", was: [ietf-http-wg] <none>

• From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
• Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:52:15 +0200
• To: Robert Brewer <fumanchu@aminus.org>
• CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <47FCCA0F.5080702@gmx.de>

Robert Brewer wrote:
> http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/browser/draft-ietf-httpbis/02
> /draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-02.txt says:
> 
>     8.6.  PUT
>     The PUT method requests that the enclosed entity be stored under the
>     supplied Request-URI.
> 
> RFC2616 says the same. I've run into several people now who thought
> "under" implied "at a subpath of the Request-URI" (yes, even though the
> following text clearly contradicts that). To reduce confusion, can we
> change "under" to "at"?

Sounds good to me.

BR, Julian

Received on Wednesday, 9 April 2008 13:53:08 UTC