- From: John Kemp <john@jkemp.net>
- Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:19:25 -0500
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Julian Reschke wrote: > > John Kemp wrote: >> Why is this additional text necessary? RFC 2616 says that >> >> "The purpose of this field is strictly to inform the recipient of >> valid methods associated with the resource." >> >> There is no requirement, stated or even seemingly implicit, that a >> server include ALL valid methods in its response. Only the implied >> requirement that a server does not include "disallowed" methods in >> the response. ... > > Sorry???? > > "The Allow entity-header field lists the set of methods supported by > the resource identified by the Request-URI." > > I would say that "*the* set of methods" is clear enough; it doesn't > allow a subset. You're right - so we could change the "the" to an "a" and be done? "The Allow entity-header field lists a set of methods supported by the resource identified by the Request-URI." - johnk > >> ... > > BR, Julian >
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