- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:43:58 +0100
- To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
- CC: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
On 2012-01-28 12:37, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message<4F23D9BD.8030708@gmx.de>, Julian Reschke writes: >> On 2012-01-28 12:07, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> HTTP == "Hypertext *Transfer* Protocol". > > TRANSFER transitive verb > 1 a: to convey from one person, place, or situation to another: move, shift > b: to cause to pass from one to another: transmit, transport > [...] > >> See above. It would be only about transport we wouldn't have things like >> DELETE, PATCH, nor status codes like 307. > > Those are all things being transported, just like GET, PUT and 200 > are and they are no different from a transport point of view, should > not be treated any different from a transport point of view, and > their interpretation and semantics should be standardized separately > from the transport, just like GET, PUT and 200. Yes. People have known these to be defined by "HTTP" for ~20 years now. I see no reason to change that. Best regards, Julian
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