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Timestamp:
02/09/11 22:37:07 (10 years ago)
Author:
fielding@…
Message:

(editorial) Remove sections and ABNF defining Request and Response and
move status code semantics to p2. Add more xrefs to architecture intro.

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

    r1432 r1435  
    492492<t>
    493493   HTTP is a stateless request/response protocol that operates by exchanging
    494    messages across a reliable transport or session-layer
     494   <x:dfn>messages</x:dfn> (<xref target="http.message"/>) across a reliable
     495   transport or session-layer
    495496   "<x:dfn>connection</x:dfn>". An HTTP "<x:dfn>client</x:dfn>" is a
    496497   program that establishes a connection to a server for the purpose of
    … …  
    533534<t>
    534535   A client sends an HTTP request to the server in the form of a <x:dfn>request</x:dfn>
    535    <x:dfn>message</x:dfn> (<xref target="request"/>), beginning with a method, URI, and
    536    protocol version, followed by MIME-like header fields containing
    537    request modifiers, client information, and payload metadata, an empty
    538    line to indicate the end of the header section, and finally the payload
    539    body (if any).
     536   message, beginning with a request-line that includes a method, URI, and
     537   protocol version (<xref target="request.line"/>),
     538   followed by MIME-like header fields containing
     539   request modifiers, client information, and payload metadata
     540   (<xref target="header.fields"/>),
     541   an empty line to indicate the end of the header section, and finally
     542   a message body containing the payload body (if any,
     543   <xref target="message.body"/>).
    540544</t>
    541545<t>
    542546   A server responds to the client's request by sending an HTTP <x:dfn>response</x:dfn>
    543    <x:dfn>message</x:dfn> (<xref target="response"/>), beginning with a status line that
     547   message, beginning with a status line that
    544548   includes the protocol version, a success or error code, and textual
    545    reason phrase, followed by MIME-like header fields containing server
    546    information, resource metadata, and payload metadata, an empty line to
    547    indicate the end of the header section, and finally the payload body (if any).
     549   reason phrase (<xref target="status.line"/>),
     550   followed by MIME-like header fields containing server
     551   information, resource metadata, and payload metadata
     552   (<xref target="header.fields"/>),
     553   an empty line to indicate the end of the header section, and finally
     554   a message body containing the payload body (if any,
     555   <xref target="message.body"/>).
    548556</t>
    549557<t>
    … …  
    10111019   indicated resource, a client &MAY; attempt access by resolving
    10121020   the host to an IP address, establishing a TCP connection to that address
    1013    on the indicated port, and sending an HTTP request message to the server
    1014    containing the URI's identifying data as described in <xref target="request"/>.
     1021   on the indicated port, and sending an HTTP request message
     1022   (<xref target="http.message"/>) containing the URI's identifying data
     1023   (<xref target="message.routing"/>) to the server.
    10151024   If the server responds to that request with a non-interim HTTP response
    1016    message, as described in <xref target="response"/>, then that response
     1025   message, as described in &status-code-reasonphr;, then that response
    10171026   is considered an authoritative answer to the client's request.
    10181027</t>
    … …  
    11621171</t>
    11631172
    1164 <section anchor="start.line" title="Start Line">
     1173<section title="Start Line" anchor="start.line">
     1174  <x:anchor-alias value="Start-Line"/>
    11651175<t>
    11661176   An HTTP message can either be a request from client to server or a
    … …  
    11911201</t>
    11921202
    1193 <section title="Request-Line" anchor="request-line">
     1203<section title="Request-Line" anchor="request.line">
     1204  <x:anchor-alias value="Request"/>
    11941205  <x:anchor-alias value="Request-Line"/>
    11951206<t>
    … …  
    12521263</section>
    12531264
    1254 <section title="Status-Line" anchor="status-line">
     1265<section title="Response Status-Line" anchor="status.line">
     1266  <x:anchor-alias value="Response"/>
    12551267  <x:anchor-alias value="Status-Line"/>
    12561268<t>
    … …  
    12751287  <x:ref>Status-Code</x:ref>    = 3<x:ref>DIGIT</x:ref>
    12761288</artwork></figure>
    1277 <t>
    1278    The first digit of the Status-Code defines the class of response. The
    1279    last two digits do not have any categorization role. There are 5
    1280    values for the first digit:
    1281   <list style="symbols">
    1282     <t>
    1283       1xx: Informational - Request received, continuing process
    1284     </t>
    1285     <t>
    1286       2xx: Success - The action was successfully received,
    1287         understood, and accepted
    1288     </t>
    1289     <t>
    1290       3xx: Redirection - Further action must be taken in order to
    1291         complete the request
    1292     </t>
    1293     <t>
    1294       4xx: Client Error - The request contains bad syntax or cannot
    1295         be fulfilled
    1296     </t>
    1297     <t>
    1298       5xx: Server Error - The server failed to fulfill an apparently
    1299         valid request
    1300     </t>
    1301   </list>
    1302 </t>
    13031289</section>
    13041290
    … …  
    17831769</section>
    17841770
    1785 <section title="Request" anchor="request">
    1786   <x:anchor-alias value="Request"/>
    1787 <t>
    1788    A request message from a client to a server begins with a
    1789    Request-Line, followed by zero or more header fields, an empty
    1790    line signifying the end of the header block, and an optional
    1791    message body.
    1792 </t>
    1793 <!--                 Host                      ; should be moved here eventually -->
    1794 <figure><artwork type="abnf2616"><iref primary="true" item="Grammar" subitem="Request"/>
    1795   <x:ref>Request</x:ref>       = <x:ref>Request-Line</x:ref>              ; <xref target="request-line"/>
    1796                   *( <x:ref>header-field</x:ref> <x:ref>CRLF</x:ref> )    ; <xref target="header.fields"/>
    1797                   <x:ref>CRLF</x:ref>
    1798                   [ <x:ref>message-body</x:ref> ]          ; <xref target="message.body"/>
    1799 </artwork></figure>
    1800 
    1801 <section title="Types of Request Target" anchor="request-target-types">
     1771<section title="Message Routing" anchor="message.routing">
    18021772<t>
    18031773   In most cases, the user agent is provided a URI reference
    … …  
    18061776   of that URI is used to construct the HTTP request-target.
    18071777</t>
     1778
     1779<section title="Types of Request Target" anchor="request-target-types">
    18081780<t>
    18091781   The four options for request-target are dependent on the nature of the
    … …  
    20312003</t> 
    20322004</section>
    2033 
    2034 </section>
    2035 
    2036 
    2037 <section title="Response" anchor="response">
    2038   <x:anchor-alias value="Response"/>
    2039 <t>
    2040    After receiving and interpreting a request message, a server responds
    2041    with an HTTP response message.
    2042 </t>
    2043 <figure><artwork type="abnf2616"><iref primary="true" item="Grammar" subitem="Response"/>
    2044   <x:ref>Response</x:ref>      = <x:ref>Status-Line</x:ref>               ; <xref target="status-line"/>
    2045                   *( <x:ref>header-field</x:ref> <x:ref>CRLF</x:ref> )    ; <xref target="header.fields"/>
    2046                   <x:ref>CRLF</x:ref>
    2047                   [ <x:ref>message-body</x:ref> ]          ; <xref target="message.body"/>
    2048 </artwork></figure>
    2049 
    20502005</section>
    20512006
    … …  
    53235278<x:ref>RWS</x:ref> = 1*( SP / HTAB / obs-fold )
    53245279<x:ref>Reason-Phrase</x:ref> = *( HTAB / SP / VCHAR / obs-text )
    5325 <x:ref>Request</x:ref> = Request-Line *( header-field CRLF ) CRLF [ message-body ]
    53265280<x:ref>Request-Line</x:ref> = Method SP request-target SP HTTP-Version CRLF
    5327 <x:ref>Response</x:ref> = Status-Line *( header-field CRLF ) CRLF [ message-body ]
    53285281
    53295282<x:ref>Status-Code</x:ref> = 3DIGIT
    … …  
    54745427; HTTP-message defined but not used
    54755428; Host defined but not used
    5476 ; Request defined but not used
    5477 ; Response defined but not used
    54785429; TE defined but not used
    54795430; Trailer defined but not used
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