Re: our own status code 562 in HTTP ...

Hi Thierry,

Yes, i will elaborate this issue. Maybe it would be really good, to  
align to the WebDAV spec (if possible). I will send my findings  
tomorrow morning.

Best.
Florian

Am 26.09.2011 um 08:13 schrieb Thierry MICHEL:

> Florian,
>
> Could you please take a look at Yves's proposal
>
> We could dicuss it tomorrow during the MAWG telecon.
>
> Thierry.
>
>
>
> -------- Message original --------
> Sujet: Re: our own status code 562 in HTTP ...
> Date : Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:27:01 -0400 (EDT)
> De : Yves Lafon <ylafon@w3.org>
> Pour : Thierry MICHEL <tmichel@w3.org>
> Copie à : public-media-annotation@w3.org <public-media-annotation@w3.org 
> >
>
> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, Thierry MICHEL wrote:
>
>> Today during the call of the Request for a Transition to CR: API  
>> for Media
>> Resources 1.0
>> http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/drafts/API10/CR/
>>
>>
>> The Director has rejected the Transition due to the MAWG response  
>> to the
>> following comment sent during Last Call: use of HTTP 501
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-annotation/2011Aug/0031.html
>>
>> The MAWG response:
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-media-annotation/2011Sep/0043.html
>> ------------
>>
>> We have discussed this issue during the 12th Face-to-Face meeting  
>> and agreed
>> that the 501 status code does not fit our needs. In order to have a  
>> clear
>> semantic, we have decided to declare our own status code, as follows:
>> - Numerical Code: 562
>> - Textual description: Property not supported
>> - Example: only a subset of GET methods for properties implemented
>
> I'd like to understand clearly what is the intended meaning of this.
> I noted as well a 462 "Property not defined in Source Format" which  
> seems
> to be really a 404.
> You should take a look at WebDAV, RFC4918 and the way they retrieve
> properties <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4918> .
>
> You should also take a look at RFC5988 for HTTP linking.
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988
>
>
>
>> ---------------------------------
>>
>> as defined in our API spec
>> http://www.w3.org/2008/WebVideo/Annotations/drafts/API10/CR/Overview.html#api-status-codes
>>
>>
>>
>> The Director said that we should have your agreement Yves, as HTTP  
>> spec
>> editor, for this declaration of our own status code 562.
>>
>> This is not part of the main HTTP 1.1 protocol, are there  
>> guidelines anywhere
>> for implementing proprietary HTTP error codes?
>> If you agree we can proceed the Transition.
>>
>> Or would you suggest another solution ?
>>
>> We must solve this issue before moving the API spec forward.
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>> Thierry.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> -- 
> Baroula que barouleras, au tiéu toujou t'entourneras.
>
>        ~~Yves

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