- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:39:52 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Jim Jewett <jimjjewett@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Jim Jewett wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Jim Jewett wrote: > >> http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.5 > >> "The POST method is used to request that the origin server accept the > >> entity enclosed in the request" -- but there is no entity, and that > >> isn't what this ping is really about. > > > > Hmm... would this work?: > > > > The PING method is used to report to the origin server that the > > client has navigated from one resource to another on behalf of a > > user. > > I wouldn't use the word "origin", since the host being pinged may not > have sent anything to the client before. I'll let Julian fix the text to be whatever would be appropriate for the spec. > Other than that, it meets all objections of which I am aware. Ok Julian, the text you asked for it above. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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