- From: Brian Smith <brian@briansmith.org>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:36:44 -0800
- To: "'Mark Nottingham'" <mnot@mnot.net>, "'HTTP Working Group'" <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Mark Nottingham wrote: > I'm not sure it's a good idea to specify > that Allow applies to individual representations... This is exactly what I meant. Allow doesn't apply to individual representations, it applies to the resource. Entity headers should always be specific to the entity. - Brian > > > On 27/02/2008, at 12:04 PM, Brian Smith wrote: > > > > > Currently, "Allow" is defined as an entity-header, not a respones- > > header. Its definition says "The Allow entity-header field > lists the > > set of methods supported by the resource identified by the Request- > > URI." That means that (a) "Allow" never applies to the response > > entity, and (b) "Allow" applies to all variants at the Request-URI > > (not to any specific representation), (c) it doesn't make > sense in a > > request header. Note the last sentence of the definition of > response > > header in part 2, section 6: "These header fields give information > > about the server and about further access to the resource > identified > > by the Request-URI." > > > > PROPOSAL: Make "Allow" a response-header. remove the reference from > > Part 3, Section 4.1 and add it to the BNF for > response-header in Part > > 2, Section 6. > > > > - Brian > > > > > > > -- > Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/ > >
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