You say that there will be something there in about a week. What about just waiting a week? Then your problem will go away :-). Another alternative might be to put something very simple there now (e.g. an empty document) and update that later. The empty document (or a 303 to an empty document) seems to express quite well what the system currently can say about this URI. Regards, Martin. On 2010/03/14 9:38, Nathan wrote: > Hi All, > > Can I use a 204 No Content to indicate that a resource is known but > currently does not have a representation (or another resource which > describes it)? > > example: > I have a resource which is a conceptual map to "me"; I have assigned a > URI to that resource, am in the process of creating a document which > describes me, and when I am done I will 303 See Other to the document > from the resource which is a conceptual map to "me". > > In the interim what status code can I use to say that the resource is > known, does not have a representation of its own that can be transferred > by the server over HTTP, another resource is not know that is > descriptive of said resource& the resource identifier is not to be used > for anything else. > > I've fully checked through all status codes, including the 4xx's but > can't find any to use, and 204 No Content seems to fit the best as far > as I can tell. > > Many Thanks, > > Nathan > > -- #-# Martin J. Dürst, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University #-# http://www.sw.it.aoyama.ac.jp mailto:duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jpReceived on Monday, 15 March 2010 04:06:01 UTC
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