- From: Joe Gregorio <joe@bitworking.org>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:39:39 -0500
- To: nathan@webr3.org
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Nathan <nathan@webr3.org> wrote: > Joe Gregorio wrote: >> >> What's wrong with 404 Not Found? > > 404 Not Found > ... > The server has not found anything matching the effective request URI. > No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or > permanent ... > > The best you can conclude from that is "don't know" the state of the > resource, or if there is one. OK, so 410 Gone if you want to indicate it is permanent. -joe > >> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 7:51 AM, Nathan <nathan@webr3.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Again, >>> >>> I've analysed all the HTTP status codes in combination with different >>> methods and response headers, and I can't find a way for a server to >>> indicate that a resource /does not/ exist. >>> >>> Can anybody suggest a way of indicating this? or is there scope for a 4xx >>> No >>> Such Resource status (or similar)? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Nathan >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- Joe Gregorio http://bitworking.org
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