Changeset 2120 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml

Timestamp:

13/01/13 11:34:03 (9 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

(editorial) add section intros; partly addresses #426

File:

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

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

@@ -2359 +2359 @@
 
 <section title="Authentication Credentials" anchor="request.auth">
+<t>
+   Two header fields are used for carrying authentication credentials, as
+   defined in <xref target="Part7"/>. Note that various custom mechanisms for
+   user authentication use the Cookie header field for this purpose, as
+   defined in <xref target="RFC6265"/>.
+</t>
 <texttable align="left">
   <ttcol>Header Field Name</ttcol>
@@ -2369 +2375 @@
 
 <section title="Request Context" anchor="request.context">
+<t>
+   The following request header fields provide additional information about the
+   request context, including information about the user, user agent, and
+   resource behind the request.
+</t>
 <texttable align="left">
   <ttcol>Header Field Name</ttcol>