RE: Proposed issue: site metadata hook

That's a contract issue for the buyer of the 
server space and the vendor of the server 
space much like determining how much storage 
is provided for a given service option.  

It isn't an architectural issue, because 
as Paul says, the service provider can 
block either way.

However, the user has to be aware that they 
have to contract for the right to be crawled.
Many aspects of using the web successfully 
come down to the technical awareness of how 
the system works so one can get the services 
they need and pay for.  Our local Internet 
service providers pride themselves on their 
ability to communicate that information to
their customers.

len

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Prescod [mailto:paul@prescod.net]

Patrick.Stickler@nokia.com wrote:
> 
> ....
> A specific question to help me determine that: If the server owner
> says "no crawlers at all on this server" and a tenant says "all my
> own content can be crawled", should the tenant's content be crawled?

The server owner runs the HTTP server. No data can go in or out of the 
system without their explicit or implicit agreement. In particular, they 
can trivially block the MGET method or metadata header or whatever 
emerges in their Apache configuration.

Received on Wednesday, 19 February 2003 10:08:58 UTC