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

Timestamp:

Mar 12, 2012, 1:37:08 AM (8 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.xml (modified) (1 diff)

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

@@ -779 +779 @@
    (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.
+   Unless otherwise indicated, URI references are parsed
+   relative to the request's target URI (<xref target="target-resource"/>),
+   if known by the recipient, or the effective request URI
+   (<xref target="effective.request.uri"/>).
 </t>