Changeset 2254 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p2-semantics.xml

Timestamp:

19/05/13 08:44:58 (8 years ago)

Author:

fielding@…

Message:

(editorial) rephrase [2227] to be more consistent with the other recommendations for header fields and the definition of Vary

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

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

@@ -4664 +4664 @@
     <x:lt><t>Under what conditions intermediaries are allowed to insert,
       delete, or modify the field's value.</t></x:lt>
-    <x:lt><t>That when the header is used in requests and affects response
-      selection (&caching-neg-resp;), it ought to be listed in the
-      <x:ref>Vary</x:ref> response header field (<xref target="header.vary"/>).</t></x:lt>
+    <x:lt><t>Whether it is appropriate to list the field-name in a
+      <x:ref>Vary</x:ref> response header field (e.g., when the request header
+      field is used by an origin server's content selection algorithm; see
+      <xref target="header.vary"/>).</t></x:lt>
     <x:lt><t>Whether the header field is useful or allowable in trailers (see
       &chunked-encoding;).</t></x:lt>