Re: Archaic HTTP "From:" Header

On 4/3/13 7:01 PM, Mark Nottingham wrote:
> On 04/04/2013, at 4:18 AM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote:
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>> All,
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>> I think the HTTP "From:" header [1] is now truly archaic circa. 2013. If the range of this particular predicate was a URI it would really aid our quest for a RWW.
> It's in active use by spiders and robots.
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>> Suggestion:
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>> As part of our RWW bootstrap effort, we could consider an "X-From:" header that basically takes a URI or Literal value.
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>> I think we can flesh this out across WebID and RWW via implementations before moving up to TAG and IETF.
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>> Mark: what do you think, anyway ? :-)
> If you want something that takes a link, we have a Link header.
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> Whatever you do, don't prefix it with X-.
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> Cheers,
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> Mark Nottingham   http://www.mnot.net/
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Okay re. not taking the X- route.

With regards to "From:" I am saying it should accept literals or URIs 
instead of just literals. Net effect, I can then use: 
kidehen@openlinksw.com or <mailto:kidehen@openlinksw.com> or 
<http://kingsley.idehen.net/dataspace/person/kidehen#this> .

"Link:" is also a good idea, I'll maul this over as it could also work 
from the desired bootstrap perspective.

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