- From: Jan Algermissen <algermissen1971@mac.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:08:36 +0100
- To: Thomas Broyer <t.broyer@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Nov 26, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Thomas Broyer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Jan Algermissen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have come across this[1] posting by Roy yesterday regarding the >> standardization of 300 and 406 response media types. >> >> Personal experience suggests that it would be worthwhile to draft >> such a >> media type but before doing so, I have a question regarding the >> following >> quote: >> >> "the response SHOULD include an entity containing >> a list of available entity characteristics and >> location(s)" [2] >> >> So far I can see these entity characteristics: >> >> - media type >> - language >> - encoding >> >> Should I (besides extensibility) consider any other entity >> characteristics, >> e.g of those found in[3]? Length for example? > [...] >> [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-dist-auth/1997JulSep/0054.html >> [2] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.7 >> [3] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec7.html#sec7.1 > > RFC 2295 Ah, yes. I had been looking at the WebDav specs but forgot to check elsewhere. Sorry. > [4] has the "length" and adds "features" (and extensibility > so other dimensions could be added in the future). > It also explicitly deals with the charset (you might have envisioned > it as part of the media-type, but just to make sure it isn't forgotten > in the end) > > But actually, given the existence of RFC 2295, I wonder if there's a > need for standardizing a media-type altogether. > If you still think it's useful, then why not just borrow the > Alternates header syntax? Yes, that sound like what I want. 2295 even says: "Responses from resources which do not support transparent content negotiation MAY also use Alternates headers." So all I have to do is tell my clients to look for Alternate headers in 300/406 responses, IIUC. Thanks! Jan > > [4] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2295 > > > -- > Thomas Broyer > /tɔ.ma.bʁwa.je/ -------------------------------------- Jan Algermissen Mail: algermissen@acm.org Blog: http://algermissen.blogspot.com/ Home: http://www.jalgermissen.com --------------------------------------
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