Changeset 1589 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.html

Timestamp:

12/03/12 08:37:08 (11 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

user agents always parse relative to the original URI, not the effective URI

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p1-messaging.html (modified) (1 diff)

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

@@ -1053 +1053 @@
 </pre><p id="rfc.section.2.7.p.4">Each protocol element in HTTP that allows a URI reference will indicate in its ABNF production whether the element allows
          any form of reference (URI-reference), only a URI in absolute form (absolute-URI), only the path and optional query components,
-         or some combination of the above. Unless otherwise indicated, URI references are parsed relative to the effective request
-         URI, which defines the default base URI for references in both the request and its corresponding response.
+         or some combination of the above. Unless otherwise indicated, URI references are parsed relative to the request's target URI
+         (<a href="#target-resource" title="Identifying a Target Resource">Section&nbsp;5.1</a>), if known by the recipient, or the effective request URI (<a href="#effective.request.uri" title="Effective Request URI">Section&nbsp;5.5</a>).
       </p>
       <h3 id="rfc.section.2.7.1"><a href="#rfc.section.2.7.1">2.7.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="http.uri" href="#http.uri">http URI scheme</a></h3>