Changeset 172 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml

Timestamp:

Jan 22, 2008, 6:11:10 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

editorial: replace redundant "the HTTP protocol" phrases or rephrase

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

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

@@ -1627 +1627 @@
   <iref primary="true" item="Status Codes" subitem="505 HTTP Version Not Supported" x:for-anchor=""/>
 <t>
-   The server does not support, or refuses to support, the HTTP protocol
+   The server does not support, or refuses to support, the protocol
    version that was used in the request message. The server is
    indicating that it is unable or unwilling to complete the request
@@ -2055 +2055 @@
 </t>
 <t>
-   Clients &SHOULD-NOT;  include a Referer header field in a (non-secure)
+   Clients &SHOULD-NOT; include a Referer header field in a (non-secure)
    HTTP request if the referring page was transferred with a secure
    protocol.
 </t>
 <t>
-   Authors of services which use the HTTP protocol &SHOULD-NOT;  use GET
-   based forms for the submission of sensitive data, because this will
-   cause this data to be encoded in the Request-URI. Many existing
-   servers, proxies, and user agents will log the request URI in some
-   place where it might be visible to third parties. Servers can use
-   POST-based form submission instead
+   Authors of services should not use
+   GET-based forms for the submission of sensitive data because that
+   data will be encoded in the Request-URI. Many existing
+   servers, proxies, and user agents log or display the Request-URI in
+   places where it might be visible to third parties. Such services can
+   use POST-based form submission instead.
 </t>
 </section>