Changeset 1161 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p4-conditional.xml

Timestamp:

Mar 10, 2011, 9:37:52 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

editorial consistency:
Use "request method" when talking about HTTP method tokens
unless it is obvious from context.
Make method descriptions a bit more consistent.

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p4-conditional.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p4-conditional.xml

@@ -802 +802 @@
    representation exists, the server &MUST-NOT; perform the requested method, and
    &MUST; return a 412 (Precondition Failed) response. This behavior is
-   most useful when the client wants to prevent an updating method, such
-   as PUT, from modifying a resource that has changed since the client
+   most useful when the client wants to prevent an updating request method,
+   such as PUT, from modifying a resource that has changed since the client
    last retrieved it.
 </t>
@@ -812 +812 @@
 </t>
 <t>
-   The meaning of "If-Match: *" is that the method &SHOULD; be performed
+   The meaning of "If-Match: *" is that the request method &SHOULD; be performed
    if the representation selected by the origin server (or by a cache,
    possibly using the Vary mechanism, see &header-vary;) exists, and
@@ -937 +937 @@
 <t>
    This allows efficient updates of cached information with a minimum amount of
-   transaction overhead. It is also used to prevent a method (e.g., PUT)
+   transaction overhead. It is also used to prevent a request method (e.g., PUT)
    from inadvertently modifying an existing resource when the client
    believes that the resource does not exist.
@@ -978 +978 @@
 </t>
 <t>
-   The meaning of "If-None-Match: *" is that the method &MUST-NOT; be
+   The meaning of "If-None-Match: *" is that the request method &MUST-NOT; be
    performed if the representation selected by the origin server (or by
    a cache, possibly using the Vary mechanism, see &header-vary;)