Changeset 2095 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.html

Timestamp:

Jan 6, 2013, 11:15:43 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

do not overspecify which 3xx code might be used to redirect a PUT

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• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.html (modified) (1 diff)

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

@@ -1484 +1484 @@
          is intended to select a proper URI on behalf of the client, after receiving a state-changing request, <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> be implemented using the POST method rather than PUT. If the origin server will not make the requested PUT state change to
          the target resource and instead wishes to have it applied to a different resource, such as when the resource has been moved
-         to a different URI, then the origin server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> send a <a href="#status.301" class="smpl">301 (Moved Permanently)</a> response; the user agent <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> then make its own decision regarding whether or not to redirect the request.
+         to a different URI, then the origin server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> send an appropriate <a href="#status.3xx" class="smpl">3xx (Redirection)</a> response; the user agent <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> then make its own decision regarding whether or not to redirect the request.
       </p>
       <p id="rfc.section.4.3.4.p.9">A PUT request applied to the target resource <em class="bcp14">MAY</em> have side-effects on other resources. For example, an article might have a URI for identifying "the current version" (a resource)