- From: Nathan <nathan@webr3.org>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:59:02 +0100
- To: Henrik Nordström <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>
- CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Henrik Nordström wrote: > sön 2010-06-13 klockan 22:49 +0100 skrev Nathan: > >>>> 9: Can one use PUT on a request URI which responds with multiple >>>> representations (for instance different serializations of the same data) >>>> where the Content-Location is always the same as the request URI? > >> In the above scenario, the server supports generating the alternative >> versions for content negotiation - does this come under the banner of >> 'implementation specific' and thus allowed, or does it indicate that >> resource is a process that accepts data, and thus POST would have to be >> used rather than PUT. ? > > Allowed. Implementation specific. > > What is not allowed is that the PUT only replaces some representations > of the URI subject to some sever side negotiation. Perfect, thanks :-) my understanding is then that the following is allowed: - server deletes all representations and create a single new one - server deletes all representations and creates a new set of representations not allowed: - server replaces 2 out of 4 representations If that's correct then no need to reply again, Best, Nathan
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