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.