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16/12/12 03:46:23 (9 years ago)
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editorial fixes in methods; use send instead of return, sent instead of returned; partly addresses #419

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    453453  @bottom-center {
    454        content: "Expires June 14, 2013";
     454       content: "Expires June 18, 2013";
    455455  }
    456456  @bottom-right {
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    498498      <meta name="dct.creator" content="Reschke, J. F.">
    499499      <meta name="dct.identifier" content="urn:ietf:id:draft-ietf-httpbis-p6-cache-latest">
    500       <meta name="dct.issued" scheme="ISO8601" content="2012-12-11">
     500      <meta name="dct.issued" scheme="ISO8601" content="2012-12-15">
    501501      <meta name="dct.replaces" content="urn:ietf:rfc:2616">
    502502      <meta name="dct.abstract" content="The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypertext information systems. This document defines requirements on HTTP caches and the associated header fields that control cache behavior or indicate cacheable response messages.">
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    524524            </tr>
    525525            <tr>
    526                <td class="left">Expires: June 14, 2013</td>
     526               <td class="left">Expires: June 18, 2013</td>
    527527               <td class="right">J. Reschke, Editor</td>
    528528            </tr>
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    533533            <tr>
    534534               <td class="left"></td>
    535                <td class="right">December 11, 2012</td>
     535               <td class="right">December 15, 2012</td>
    536536            </tr>
    537537         </tbody>
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    559559         in progress”.
    560560      </p>
    561       <p>This Internet-Draft will expire on June 14, 2013.</p>
     561      <p>This Internet-Draft will expire on June 18, 2013.</p>
    562562      <h1><a id="rfc.copyrightnotice" href="#rfc.copyrightnotice">Copyright Notice</a></h1>
    563563      <p>Copyright © 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved.</p>
    … …  
    727727      </p>
    728728      <ul class="empty">
    729          <li>The time at which the origin server intends that a representation no longer be returned by a cache without further validation.</li>
     729         <li>The time at which the origin server intends that a representation no longer be sent by a cache without further validation.</li>
    730730      </ul>
    731731      <p id="rfc.section.1.2.p.7"> <span id="rfc.iref.h.1"></span>  <dfn>heuristic expiration time</dfn> 
    … …  
    859859      </p>
    860860      <h1 id="rfc.section.4"><a href="#rfc.section.4">4.</a>&nbsp;<a id="constructing.responses.from.caches" href="#constructing.responses.from.caches">Constructing Responses from Caches</a></h1>
    861       <p id="rfc.section.4.p.1">For a presented request, a cache <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> return a stored response, unless:
     861      <p id="rfc.section.4.p.1">For a presented request, a cache <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> send a stored response, unless:
    862862      </p>
    863863      <ul>
    … …  
    886886      <p id="rfc.section.4.p.3">When a stored response is used to satisfy a request without validation, a cache <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include a single <a href="#header.age" class="smpl">Age</a> header field (<a href="#header.age" id="rfc.xref.header.age.1" title="Age">Section&nbsp;7.1</a>) in the response with a value equal to the stored response's current_age; see <a href="#age.calculations" title="Calculating Age">Section&nbsp;4.1.3</a>.
    887887      </p>
    888       <p id="rfc.section.4.p.4">A cache <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> write through requests with methods that are unsafe (<a href="p2-semantics.html#safe.methods" title="Safe Methods">Section 5.2.1</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.2"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>) to the origin server; i.e., a cache is not allowed to generate a reply to such a request before having forwarded the request
     888      <p id="rfc.section.4.p.4">A cache <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> write through requests with methods that are unsafe (<a href="p2-semantics.html#safe.methods" title="Safe Methods">Section 4.2.1</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.2"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>) to the origin server; i.e., a cache is not allowed to generate a reply to such a request before having forwarded the request
    889889         and having received a corresponding response.
    890890      </p>
    … …  
    940940      <h3 id="rfc.section.4.1.2"><a href="#rfc.section.4.1.2">4.1.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="heuristic.freshness" href="#heuristic.freshness">Calculating Heuristic Freshness</a></h3>
    941941      <p id="rfc.section.4.1.2.p.1">If no explicit expiration time is present in a stored response that has a status code whose definition allows heuristic freshness
    942          to be used (including the following in <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.codes" title="Response Status Codes">Section 7</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.3"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>: <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.200" class="smpl">200 (OK)</a>, <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.203" class="smpl">203 (Non-Authoritative Information)</a>, <a href="p5-range.html#status.206" class="smpl">206 (Partial
     942         to be used (including the following in <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.codes" title="Response Status Codes">Section 6</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.3"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>: <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.200" class="smpl">200 (OK)</a>, <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.203" class="smpl">203 (Non-Authoritative Information)</a>, <a href="p5-range.html#status.206" class="smpl">206 (Partial
    943943            Content)</a>, <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.300" class="smpl">300 (Multiple Choices)</a>, <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.301" class="smpl">301 (Moved
    944944            Permanently)</a> and <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.410" class="smpl">410 (Gone)</a>), a cache <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> calculate a heuristic expiration time. A cache <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> use heuristics to determine freshness for responses with status codes that do not explicitly allow it.
    … …  
    973973      <ul class="empty">
    974974         <li>HTTP/1.1 requires origin servers to send a <a href="p2-semantics.html#header.date" class="smpl">Date</a> header field, if possible, with every response, giving the time at which the response was generated. The term "date_value"
    975             denotes the value of the Date header field, in a form appropriate for arithmetic operations. See <a href="p2-semantics.html#header.date" title="Date">Section 8.1.1.2</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.4"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a> for the definition of the Date header field, and for requirements regarding responses without it.
     975            denotes the value of the Date header field, in a form appropriate for arithmetic operations. See <a href="p2-semantics.html#header.date" title="Date">Section 7.1.1.2</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.4"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a> for the definition of the Date header field, and for requirements regarding responses without it.
    976976         </li>
    977977      </ul>
    … …  
    10331033         is not fresh according to the calculations in <a href="#expiration.model" title="Freshness Model">Section&nbsp;4.1</a>.
    10341034      </p>
    1035       <p id="rfc.section.4.1.4.p.2">A cache <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> return a stale response if it is prohibited by an explicit in-protocol directive (e.g., by a "no-store" or "no-cache" cache
     1035      <p id="rfc.section.4.1.4.p.2">A cache <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> send a stale response if it is prohibited by an explicit in-protocol directive (e.g., by a "no-store" or "no-cache" cache
    10361036         directive, a "must-revalidate" cache-response-directive, or an applicable "s-maxage" or "proxy-revalidate" cache-response-directive;
    10371037         see <a href="#cache-response-directive" title="Response Cache-Control Directives">Section&nbsp;7.2.2</a>).
    10381038      </p>
    1039       <p id="rfc.section.4.1.4.p.3">A cache <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> return stale responses unless it is disconnected (i.e., it cannot contact the origin server or otherwise find a forward path)
     1039      <p id="rfc.section.4.1.4.p.3">A cache <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> send stale responses unless it is disconnected (i.e., it cannot contact the origin server or otherwise find a forward path)
    10401040         or doing so is explicitly allowed (e.g., by the max-stale request directive; see <a href="#cache-request-directive" title="Request Cache-Control Directives">Section&nbsp;7.2.1</a>).
    10411041      </p>
    … …  
    10661066         </li>
    10671067         <li>However, if a cache receives a <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.5xx" class="smpl">5xx (Server Error)</a> response while attempting to validate a response, it can either forward this response to the requesting client, or act as
    1068             if the server failed to respond. In the latter case, it can return a previously stored response (see <a href="#serving.stale.responses" title="Serving Stale Responses">Section&nbsp;4.1.4</a>).
     1068            if the server failed to respond. In the latter case, it can send a previously stored response (see <a href="#serving.stale.responses" title="Serving Stale Responses">Section&nbsp;4.1.4</a>).
    10691069         </li>
    10701070      </ul>
    … …  
    10961096      </ul>
    10971097      <h2 id="rfc.section.4.3"><a href="#rfc.section.4.3">4.3</a>&nbsp;<a id="caching.negotiated.responses" href="#caching.negotiated.responses">Using Negotiated Responses</a></h2>
    1098       <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.1">When a cache receives a request that can be satisfied by a stored response that has a <a href="p2-semantics.html#header.vary" class="smpl">Vary</a> header field (<a href="p2-semantics.html#header.vary" title="Vary">Section 8.2.1</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.5"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>), it <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> use that response unless all of the selecting header fields nominated by the Vary header field match in both the original
     1098      <p id="rfc.section.4.3.p.1">When a cache receives a request that can be satisfied by a stored response that has a <a href="p2-semantics.html#header.vary" class="smpl">Vary</a> header field (<a href="p2-semantics.html#header.vary" title="Vary">Section 7.2.1</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.5"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>), it <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> use that response unless all of the selecting header fields nominated by the Vary header field match in both the original
    10991099         request (i.e., that associated with the stored response), and the presented request.
    11001100      </p>
    … …  
    11551155      </ul>
    11561156      <h1 id="rfc.section.6"><a href="#rfc.section.6">6.</a>&nbsp;<a id="invalidation.after.updates.or.deletions" href="#invalidation.after.updates.or.deletions">Request Methods that Invalidate</a></h1>
    1157       <p id="rfc.section.6.p.1">Because unsafe request methods (<a href="p2-semantics.html#safe.methods" title="Safe Methods">Section 5.2.1</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.6"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>) such as PUT, POST or DELETE have the potential for changing state on the origin server, intervening caches can use them
     1157      <p id="rfc.section.6.p.1">Because unsafe request methods (<a href="p2-semantics.html#safe.methods" title="Safe Methods">Section 4.2.1</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.6"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>) such as PUT, POST or DELETE have the potential for changing state on the origin server, intervening caches can use them
    11581158         to keep their contents up-to-date.
    11591159      </p>
    … …  
    11651165      </p>
    11661166      <p id="rfc.section.6.p.5">Here, a "non-error response" is one with a <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.2xx" class="smpl">2xx (Successful)</a> or <a href="p2-semantics.html#status.3xx" class="smpl">3xx (Redirection)</a> status code. "Invalidate" means that the cache will either remove all stored responses related to the effective request URI,
    1167          or will mark these as "invalid" and in need of a mandatory validation before they can be returned in response to a subsequent
     1167         or will mark these as "invalid" and in need of a mandatory validation before they can be sent in response to a subsequent
    11681168         request.
    11691169      </p>
    … …  
    13071307      </ul>
    13081308      <p id="rfc.section.7.2.2.3.p.2">The "no-cache" response directive indicates that the response <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be used to satisfy a subsequent request without successful validation on the origin server. This allows an origin server to
    1309          prevent a cache from using it to satisfy a request without contacting it, even by caches that have been configured to return
     1309         prevent a cache from using it to satisfy a request without contacting it, even by caches that have been configured to send
    13101310         stale responses.
    13111311      </p>
    … …  
    14231423         that time.
    14241424      </p>
    1425       <p id="rfc.section.7.3.p.3">The field-value is an absolute date and time as defined by HTTP-date in <a href="p2-semantics.html#http.date" title="Date/Time Formats">Section 8.1.1.1</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.7"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>; a sender <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> use the rfc1123-date format.
     1425      <p id="rfc.section.7.3.p.3">The field-value is an absolute date and time as defined by HTTP-date in <a href="p2-semantics.html#http.date" title="Date/Time Formats">Section 7.1.1.1</a> of <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.7"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>; a sender <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> use the rfc1123-date format.
    14261426      </p>
    14271427      <div id="rfc.figure.u.9"></div><pre class="inline"><span id="rfc.iref.g.5"></span>  <a href="#header.expires" class="smpl">Expires</a> = <a href="#imported.abnf" class="smpl">HTTP-date</a>
    … …  
    15101510         </li>
    15111511         <li>2xx Warnings describe some aspect of the representation that is not rectified by a validation (for example, a lossy compression
    1512             of the representation) and <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be deleted by a cache after validation, unless a full response is returned, in which case they <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be.
     1512            of the representation) and <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be deleted by a cache after validation, unless a full response is sent, in which case they <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> be.
    15131513         </li>
    15141514      </ul>
    … …  
    15241524      <div id="rfc.iref.52"></div>
    15251525      <h3 id="rfc.section.7.5.1"><a href="#rfc.section.7.5.1">7.5.1</a>&nbsp;<a id="warn.110" href="#warn.110">110 Response is Stale</a></h3>
    1526       <p id="rfc.section.7.5.1.p.1">A cache <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include this whenever the returned response is stale.
     1526      <p id="rfc.section.7.5.1.p.1">A cache <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include this whenever the sent response is stale.
    15271527      </p>
    15281528      <div id="rfc.iref.52"></div>
    15291529      <h3 id="rfc.section.7.5.2"><a href="#rfc.section.7.5.2">7.5.2</a>&nbsp;<a id="warn.111" href="#warn.111">111 Revalidation Failed</a></h3>
    1530       <p id="rfc.section.7.5.2.p.1">A cache <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include this when returning a stale response because an attempt to validate the response failed, due to an inability to reach
     1530      <p id="rfc.section.7.5.2.p.1">A cache <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include this when sending a stale response because an attempt to validate the response failed, due to an inability to reach
    15311531         the server.
    15321532      </p>
    … …  
    19551955  <a href="#imported.abnf" class="smpl">uri-host</a>      = &lt;uri-host, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.19"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Message Syntax and Routing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#uri" title="Uniform Resource Identifiers">Section 2.7</a>&gt;
    19561956</pre><p id="rfc.section.B.p.4">The rules below are defined in other parts:</p>
    1957       <div id="rfc.figure.u.15"></div><pre class="inline">  <a href="#imported.abnf" class="smpl">HTTP-date</a>     = &lt;HTTP-date, defined in <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.8"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>, <a href="p2-semantics.html#http.date" title="Date/Time Formats">Section 8.1.1.1</a>&gt;
     1957      <div id="rfc.figure.u.15"></div><pre class="inline">  <a href="#imported.abnf" class="smpl">HTTP-date</a>     = &lt;HTTP-date, defined in <a href="#Part2" id="rfc.xref.Part2.8"><cite title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content">[Part2]</cite></a>, <a href="p2-semantics.html#http.date" title="Date/Time Formats">Section 7.1.1.1</a>&gt;
    19581958</pre><h1 id="rfc.section.C"><a href="#rfc.section.C">C.</a>&nbsp;<a id="collected.abnf" href="#collected.abnf">Collected ABNF</a></h1>
    19591959      <div id="rfc.figure.u.16"></div> <pre class="inline"><a href="#header.age" class="smpl">Age</a> = delta-seconds
    … …  
    19641964<a href="#header.expires" class="smpl">Expires</a> = HTTP-date
    19651965
    1966 <a href="#imported.abnf" class="smpl">HTTP-date</a> = &lt;HTTP-date, defined in [Part2], Section 8.1.1.1&gt;
     1966<a href="#imported.abnf" class="smpl">HTTP-date</a> = &lt;HTTP-date, defined in [Part2], Section 7.1.1.1&gt;
    19671967
    19681968<a href="#imported.abnf" class="smpl">OWS</a> = &lt;OWS, defined in [Part1], Section 3.2.3&gt;
    … …  
    21422142                  </li>
    21432143                  <li><em>Part2</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.1">2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.2">4</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.3">4.1.2</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.4">4.1.3</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.5">4.3</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.6">6</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.7">7.3</a>, <a href="#Part2"><b>12.1</b></a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.8">B</a><ul>
    2144                         <li><em>Section 5.2.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.2">4</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.6">6</a></li>
    2145                         <li><em>Section 7</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.3">4.1.2</a></li>
    2146                         <li><em>Section 8.1.1.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.7">7.3</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.8">B</a></li>
    2147                         <li><em>Section 8.1.1.2</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.4">4.1.3</a></li>
    2148                         <li><em>Section 8.2.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.5">4.3</a></li>
     2144                        <li><em>Section 4.2.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.2">4</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.6">6</a></li>
     2145                        <li><em>Section 6</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.3">4.1.2</a></li>
     2146                        <li><em>Section 7.1.1.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.7">7.3</a>, <a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.8">B</a></li>
     2147                        <li><em>Section 7.1.1.2</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.4">4.1.3</a></li>
     2148                        <li><em>Section 7.2.1</em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#rfc.xref.Part2.5">4.3</a></li>
    21492149                     </ul>
    21502150                  </li>
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