Changeset 1317 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest

Timestamp:

29/06/11 11:58:06 (11 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

explain that messages need to be considered in isolation (see #288)

Location:

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest

Files:

• p1-messaging.html (modified) (2 diffs)
• p1-messaging.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.html

@@ -935 +935 @@
          not be buffered. There are strategies that can be used to test for buffering in a given connection, but it should be understood
          that behaviors can differ across connections, and between requests and responses.
+      </p>
+      <p id="rfc.section.2.2.p.3">Recipients <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> consider every message in a connection in isolation; because HTTP is a stateless protocol, it cannot be assumed that two requests
+         on the same connection are from the same client or share any other common attributes.
       </p>
       <h2 id="rfc.section.2.3"><a href="#rfc.section.2.3">2.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="transport-independence" href="#transport-independence">Connections and Transport Independence</a></h2>
@@ -3593 +3596 @@
          </li>
          <li> &lt;<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/283">http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/283</a>&gt;: "Set expectations around buffering"
+         </li>
+         <li> &lt;<a href="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/288">http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/288</a>&gt;: "Considering messages in isolation"
          </li>
       </ul>

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.xml

@@ -638 +638 @@
    it should be understood that behaviors can differ across connections, and
    between requests and responses. 
+</t>
+<t>
+   Recipients &MUST; consider every message in a connection in isolation;
+   because HTTP is a stateless protocol, it cannot be assumed that two requests
+   on the same connection are from the same client or share any other common
+   attributes. 
 </t>
 </section>
@@ -5919 +5925 @@
       "Set expectations around buffering"
     </t>
+    <t>
+      <eref target="http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/288"/>:
+      "Considering messages in isolation"
+    </t>
   </list>
 </t>