- From: William A. Rowe Jr. <wrowe@rowe-clan.net>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:24:58 -0500
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- CC: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, David Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>, Martin Atkins <mart@degeneration.co.uk>
On 7/19/2010 3:13 PM, Julian Reschke wrote: > On 19.07.2010 21:06, Roy T. Fielding wrote: >> ... >>> Proposed >>> patch:<http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/attachment/ticket/146/> >>> >>> >>> This makes the default reason phrase for 405 "Method Not Supported", >>> and also replaces "allowed" by "supported" in the context of 405/Allow. >> >> I don't believe that makes any sense. Why the methods are allowed >> (or others disallowed) is none of the client's business. It certainly >> has nothing to do with "support" (as in implemented). >> ... > > OK, then we may need a different term. "Allow" has caused people to > think it has to do with access rights, thus confusing 405 with 403. What about framing this in terms of Method Not Applicable (which might be unsupported, unimplemented, or simply nonsensical in the context of this specific resource), which covers just about everything?
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