Re: Semantic content negotiation (was Re: expectations of vocabulary)

On 26 Jul 2006, at 00:58, Danny Ayers wrote:
> On 7/26/06, Xiaoshu Wang <wangxiao@musc.edu> wrote:
>
>> Use the right tool to do the right thing and carry it out at the  
>> right
>> places.
>
> Quite. Partitioning of the data server-side can reduce overheads, and
> this can be achieved transparently (by using optional headers). What's
> not to like :-)

One thing to look at would be: how is this going to affect caches?  
All the caches need to be aware
that this header has an effect on the representation returned.

This is probably a discussion in part for the HTTP working group, no?

Henry

> Cheers,
> Danny.
>
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Received on Wednesday, 26 July 2006 06:26:33 UTC