- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:50:40 -0700
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>, Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
On Jun 1, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Julian Reschke wrote: > Hi, > > based on an off-list suggestion from Larry, I just added <http:// > trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/166>. > > Larry Masinter wrote: >> Brief summary: >> The HTTP document uses two terms "user agent" and "client", >> and in some cases it is careful to distinguish between them, >> but not always. I would like to see a careful >> review of each appearance of the terms to insure that >> "user agent" is used in situations where there is a user, >> and "client" used in cases where the initiator of the action >> is either a user agent or another agent with no explicit user. >> I think this will help the document, and the task relatively >> limited and editorial. >> Some instances may require discussion. As I mentioned on the HTML list, user agent does not mean there is a user watching the screen. UA means a client that initiates requests (as in, decides to start an action based on user controls or user configuration). ....Roy
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