- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:49:03 -0800
- To: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Cc: public-tracking@w3.org, "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
On Feb 8, 2012, at 6:16 , Rigo Wenning wrote: > On Tuesday 07 February 2012 18:13:11 Roy T. Fielding wrote: >> In the entire history of HTTP, the only other protocols that defined a >> response header to indicated compliance were MIME-version (ignored), >> DAV (ignored), PICS (failed), and P3P (ignored). I don't understand why >> this WG needs to make the same mistake. > > Roy, > > no response header, no consent recording(legally). It's as simple as that. And > P3P did not have a response header as the protocol was just 180 degree > opposite of the DNT protocol. > Given that there will be no consent-recording, a SHOULD may be enough. But the > Specification MUST give clear information about why the response header is > needed to avoid the misunderstanding above. I agree. If we go with 'should', we owe to site operators the advice of the negative consequences of not sending it. David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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