Re: mxb (was: Re: 14.36)
Roy T. Fielding (fielding@liege.ICS.UCI.EDU)
Tue, 04 Jun 1996 14:01:29 -0700
>>for example, a client with a restricted memory and/or network
>>bandwidth (think: wireless PDA) could do a request such as this:
>>
>> GET /foo.html HTTP/1.1
>> Range: 0-10000
>>
>>and be assured of not getting more than 10,000 bytes.
>
> Side remark: Some people have been wondering if we should define an
> `mxb' (maxbytes) parameter for the Accept header. The above example
> seems to indicate that 1.1 clients already have a way of specifying
> the maximum number of bytes they want to accept, so that there is no
> need to add `mxb'.
The mxb parameter placed a maximum for each media type -- it thus
allowed someone to say "I'd prefer a GIF image if it is < 2kb,
but a JPEG image it is any larger." There is no way to say that
outside of Accept (and without logic bags).
...Roy T. Fielding
Department of Information & Computer Science (fielding@ics.uci.edu)
University of California, Irvine, CA 92717-3425 fax:+1(714)824-4056
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