Changeset 1429 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml

Timestamp:

Sep 1, 2011, 3:45:25 AM (8 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

Point out that retrieval in HTTP is GET or HEAD (see [1421] and #310)

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml (modified) (1 diff)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml

@@ -1751 +1751 @@
    response to the original request.  In order to satisfy the original
    request, a user agent &SHOULD; perform a retrieval request using the
-   Location URI, which may itself be redirected further, and present
-   the eventual result as an answer to the original request.
+   Location URI (in HTTP, a GET, unless the original method was HEAD), which
+   may itself be redirected further, and present the eventual result as an
+   answer to the original request.
    Note that the new URI in the Location header field is not considered
    equivalent to the effective request URI.