- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:38:31 +0200
- To: Jonathan Rees <jar@creativecommons.org>
- CC: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 2011-09-22 17:34, Jonathan Rees wrote: > I note in the description of GET > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-16#section-7.3 > that the word "retrieve" does not occur in describing the general case > (it only occurs in the description of partial GET). It probably should. My understanding is that we still have a TODO to rewrite most of the method descriptions. > Maybe it is obvious that if a representation of a resource is > transferred, then it is retrieved. But I think it would be cleaner if > consistent terminology were used. RFC 3986 speaks of retrieval, and > (in my understanding) GET is the canonical instantiation of this idea. Yes. > ... Best regards, Julian
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