Changeset 1480


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Timestamp:
26/11/11 18:07:07 (10 years ago)
Author:
julian.reschke@…
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Use term "origin form" consistently (see [1171])

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

    r1479 r1480  
    14751475      <h2 id="rfc.section.4.1"><a href="#rfc.section.4.1">4.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="request-target-types" href="#request-target-types">Types of Request Target</a></h2>
    14761476      <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.1">The four options for request-target are dependent on the nature of the request.</p>
    1477       <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.2"><span id="rfc.iref.a.2"></span> The asterisk "*" form of request-target, which <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be used with any request method other than OPTIONS, means that the request applies to the server as a whole (the listening
    1478          process) rather than to a specific named resource at that server. For example,
    1479       </p>
     1477      <div id="asterix-form">
     1478         <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.2"><span id="rfc.iref.a.2"></span> The asterisk "*" form of request-target, which <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be used with any request method other than OPTIONS, means that the request applies to the server as a whole (the listening
     1479            process) rather than to a specific named resource at that server. For example,
     1480         </p>
     1481      </div>
    14801482      <div id="rfc.figure.u.34"></div><pre class="text2">OPTIONS * HTTP/1.1
    1481 </pre><p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.4"><span id="rfc.iref.a.3"></span> The "absolute-URI" form is <em class="bcp14">REQUIRED</em> when the request is being made to a proxy. The proxy is requested to either forward the request or service it from a valid
    1482          cache, and then return the response. Note that the proxy <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> forward the request on to another proxy or directly to the server specified by the absolute-URI. In order to avoid request
    1483          loops, a proxy that forwards requests to other proxies <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be able to recognize and exclude all of its own server names, including any aliases, local variations, and the numeric IP
    1484          address. An example Request-Line would be:
    1485       </p>
     1483</pre><div id="absolute-URI-form">
     1484         <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.4"><span id="rfc.iref.a.3"></span> The "absolute-URI" form is <em class="bcp14">REQUIRED</em> when the request is being made to a proxy. The proxy is requested to either forward the request or service it from a valid
     1485            cache, and then return the response. Note that the proxy <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> forward the request on to another proxy or directly to the server specified by the absolute-URI. In order to avoid request
     1486            loops, a proxy that forwards requests to other proxies <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be able to recognize and exclude all of its own server names, including any aliases, local variations, and the numeric IP
     1487            address. An example Request-Line would be:
     1488         </p>
     1489      </div>
    14861490      <div id="rfc.figure.u.35"></div><pre class="text2">GET http://www.example.org/pub/WWW/TheProject.html HTTP/1.1
    14871491</pre><p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.6">To allow for transition to absolute-URIs in all requests in future versions of HTTP, all HTTP/1.1 servers <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> accept the absolute-URI form in requests, even though HTTP/1.1 clients will only generate them in requests to proxies.
    … …  
    14891493      <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.7">If a proxy receives a host name that is not a fully qualified domain name, it <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> add its domain to the host name it received. If a proxy receives a fully qualified domain name, the proxy <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> change the host name.
    14901494      </p>
    1491       <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.8"><span id="rfc.iref.a.4"></span> The "authority form" is only used by the CONNECT request method (<a href="p2-semantics.html#CONNECT" title="CONNECT">Section 6.9</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 2: Message Semantics">[Part2]</cite></a>).
    1492       </p>
    1493       <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.9"><span id="rfc.iref.o.3"></span> The most common form of request-target is that used when making a request to an origin server ("origin form"). In this case,
    1494          the absolute path and query components of the URI <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be transmitted as the request-target, and the authority component <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be transmitted in a Host header field. For example, a client wishing to retrieve a representation of the resource, as identified
    1495          above, directly from the origin server would open (or reuse) a TCP connection to port 80 of the host "www.example.org" and
    1496          send the lines:
    1497       </p>
     1495      <div id="authority-form">
     1496         <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.8"><span id="rfc.iref.a.4"></span> The "authority form" is only used by the CONNECT request method (<a href="p2-semantics.html#CONNECT" title="CONNECT">Section 6.9</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 2: Message Semantics">[Part2]</cite></a>).
     1497         </p>
     1498      </div>
     1499      <div id="origin-form">
     1500         <p id="rfc.section.4.1.p.9"><span id="rfc.iref.o.3"></span> The most common form of request-target is that used when making a request to an origin server ("origin form"). In this case,
     1501            the absolute path and query components of the URI <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be transmitted as the request-target, and the authority component <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be transmitted in a Host header field. For example, a client wishing to retrieve a representation of the resource, as identified
     1502            above, directly from the origin server would open (or reuse) a TCP connection to port 80 of the host "www.example.org" and
     1503            send the lines:
     1504         </p>
     1505      </div>
    14981506      <div id="rfc.figure.u.36"></div><pre class="text2">GET /pub/WWW/TheProject.html HTTP/1.1
    14991507Host: www.example.org
    … …  
    15501558      </p>
    15511559      <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.2">If the request-target is an absolute-URI, then the effective request URI is the request-target.</p>
    1552       <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.3">If the request-target uses the path-absolute form or the asterisk form, and the Host header field is present, then the effective
     1560      <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.3">If the request-target uses the origin form or the asterisk form, and the Host header field is present, then the effective
    15531561         request URI is constructed by concatenating
    15541562      </p>
    … …  
    15631571         <li>the request-target obtained from the Request-Line, unless the request-target is just the asterisk "*".</li>
    15641572      </ul>
    1565       <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.5">If the request-target uses the path-absolute form or the asterisk form, and the Host header field is not present, then the
    1566          effective request URI is undefined.
     1573      <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.5">If the request-target uses the origin form or the asterisk form, and the Host header field is not present, then the effective
     1574         request URI is undefined.
    15671575      </p>
    15681576      <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.6">Otherwise, when request-target uses the authority form, the effective request URI is undefined.</p>

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

    r1479 r1480  
    18051805   request.
    18061806</t>   
    1807 <t><iref item="asterisk form (of request-target)"/>
     1807<t anchor="asterix-form"><iref item="asterisk form (of request-target)"/>
    18081808   The asterisk "*" form of request-target, which &MUST-NOT; be used
    18091809   with any request method other than OPTIONS, means that the request
    … …  
    18141814OPTIONS * HTTP/1.1
    18151815</artwork></figure>
    1816 <t><iref item="absolute-URI form (of request-target)"/>
     1816<t anchor="absolute-URI-form"><iref item="absolute-URI form (of request-target)"/>
    18171817   The "absolute-URI" form is &REQUIRED; when the request is being made to a
    18181818   proxy. The proxy is requested to either forward the request or service it
    … …  
    18401840   the host name.
    18411841</t>
    1842 <t><iref item="authority form (of request-target)"/>
     1842<t anchor="authority-form"><iref item="authority form (of request-target)"/>
    18431843   The "authority form" is only used by the CONNECT request method (&CONNECT;).
    18441844</t>
    1845 <t><iref item="origin form (of request-target)"/>
     1845<t anchor="origin-form"><iref item="origin form (of request-target)"/>
    18461846   The most common form of request-target is that used when making
    18471847   a request to an origin server ("origin form").
    … …  
    19601960</t>
    19611961<t>
    1962    If the request-target uses the path-absolute form or the asterisk form,
     1962   If the request-target uses the origin form or the asterisk form,
    19631963   and the Host header field is present, then the effective request URI is
    19641964   constructed by concatenating
    … …  
    19851985</t>
    19861986<t>
    1987    If the request-target uses the path-absolute form or the asterisk form,
     1987   If the request-target uses the origin form or the asterisk form,
    19881988   and the Host header field is not present, then the effective request URI is
    19891989   undefined.
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