Re: HTTP Caching Model?
Ari Luotonen (luotonen@neon.mcom.com)
Wed, 14 Dec 1994 17:08:54 -0800 (PST)
> 7.9 URI Header
>
> The URI-header field contains a URI by which the object may be
> found. It should not be confused with the token in the Request-Line
> described in Section 5.4. As for a normal request, there is no
> guarantee that the object can be retrieved using the URI
> specified. The field is normally a part of a response having
> Status-Code "301 Moved Permanently" or "302 Moved Temporarily".
>
> URI-header = "URI" ":" 1#( URI [";" vary] )
> vary = "vary" "=" <"> 1#vary-param <">
> vary-param = "type" / "language" / "version" / "encoding"
> / extension-vary
> extension-vary = token
A very good proposal -- definitely the best so far. Thanks for
bringing it to the daylight, Dan. I knew it was there, but couldn't
find it anymore. Somebody set this in stone and I for one wouldn't
have problems following it; the current situation is threateningly
fragile.
Cheers,
--
Ari Luotonen Netscape's Mr October 1995
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Mountain View, CA 94041, USA