- From: Roy T. Fielding <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:24:22 -0700
- To: Alexandre Morgaut <Alexandre.Morgaut@4d.com>
- Cc: Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>, httpbis Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On Aug 25, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Alexandre Morgaut wrote: > On 25 août 2011, at 22:56, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > >> The resource is the mapping over time, and hence can't >> be deleted. > > it can't be deleted but it's up to the server to return a 404 (Not Found) or 410 (Gone) status information to preserve privacy, or on other side provide more informations ;-) The server can do whatever it wants to do, including telling the client okay to the DELETE and then creating a new representation for that resource a minute later. Whether or not that makes sense depends entirely on the meaning of that resource -- not HTTP. ....Roy
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