Re: Proposal: i105 Classification for Allow header

Mark Nottingham wrote:
> 
> <http://www3.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/105>
> 
> Proposal:
> 
> Change the classification of Allow to a response header, removing the 
> following text;
> 
>   The Allow header field MAY be provided with a PUT request to recommend 
> the methods to be supported by the new or modified resource. The server 
> is not required to support these methods and SHOULD include an Allow 
> header in the response giving the actual supported methods.
> 
> (or moving to an appendix and marking as deprecated behaviour)

+1, unless examples of it being used turn up.

If we remove it, I think mentioning it in the Changes section would be 
sufficient.

BR, Julian

Received on Monday, 3 March 2008 08:20:55 UTC