Re: 305/306 response codes

Koen Holtman (koen@win.tue.nl)
Tue, 17 Jun 1997 21:45:05 +0200 (MET DST)


Roy T. Fielding:
>
>In general:  "header" and "headers" are synonyms for the entire message
>header (as opposed to the body), whereas 'Set-proxy' is a "header field",
>or just "field".  I see the same confusion of terms in just about every
>proposal to change HTTP, but it would be nice to stay consistent with
>what I wrote for HTTP (based on what Ned wrote for MIME).

When I started writing the TCN specs, I decided to ignore the `header
field' usage in HTTP/1.1.  I think `header', like we use it on the
list, is both nicer and less confusing.

>....Roy

Koen.