Changeset 2038

Timestamp:

08/12/12 07:42:10 (9 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

Special case of OPTIONS for normalizing empty path; addresses #397

File:

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

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

@@ -950 +950 @@
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 <t>
-   If the port is equal to the default port for a scheme, the normal
-   form is to elide the port subcomponent. Likewise, an empty path
-   component is equivalent to an absolute path of "/", so the normal
-   form is to provide a path of "/" instead. The scheme and host
-   are case-insensitive and normally provided in lowercase; all
-   other components are compared in a case-sensitive manner.
-   Characters other than those in the "reserved" set are equivalent
-   to their percent-encoded octets (see <xref target="RFC3986"
-   x:fmt="," x:sec="2.1"/>): the normal form is to not encode them.
+   If the port is equal to the default port for a scheme, the normal form is
+   to elide the port subcomponent. When not being used in absolute form as the
+   request target of an OPTIONS request, an empty path component is equivalent
+   to an absolute path of "/", so the normal form is to provide a path of "/"
+   instead. The scheme and host are case-insensitive and normally provided in
+   lowercase; all other components are compared in a case-sensitive manner.
+   Characters other than those in the "reserved" set are equivalent to their
+   percent-encoded octets (see <xref target="RFC3986" x:fmt=","
+   x:sec="2.1"/>): the normal form is to not encode them.
 </t>
 <t>