Re: http-equiv

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Julian Reschke wrote:
> >
> > Right; the idea is to reduce the number of headers that are used here, 
> > by having a higher barrier to entry than just registration. (It's a 
> > bit like "RFC required" from RFC5226.)
> 
> That barrier is not particularly high, unless you require 
> standards-track RFCs.

It is significantly higher psychologically than the registration 
mechanism.


> I really don't see the point defining something else than the IETF does 
> for this purpose.

The idea is to discourage the use of this mechanism. This is a different 
goal than the IETF's registration mechanism's.

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Received on Tuesday, 23 December 2008 19:52:15 UTC