- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:16:03 +0100
- To: Jonathan Rees <jar@creativecommons.org>
- CC: nrixham@gmail.com, ietf-http-wg@w3.org
On 12.03.2010 17:53, Jonathan Rees wrote: > ... > The reason the spec "does not define" it (which I think is debatable) > stems from HTTP's incomplete embrace of the > identification/resource/representation theory in the case of > redirects. For example: > > "For 3xx responses, the location SHOULD > indicate the server's preferred URI for automatic redirection to the > resource." > > More I/R/R friendly might be > > "For 3xx responses, the location SHOULD > identify a resource for which a representation should > be obtained." > ... That would be incorrect for methods other than HEAD/GET... But yes, clearing up the terminology about representations and resources is on the TODO list; hopefully we'll be able to get this done soonish. > ... Best regards, Julian
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