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Changeset 652
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r648 r652 471 471 <tr> 472 472 <td class="header left"></td> 473 <td class="header right">July 2 8, 2009</td>473 <td class="header right">July 29, 2009</td> 474 474 </tr> 475 475 </table> … … 701 701 <div id="rfc.figure.u.2"></div><pre class="inline"> <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">absolute-URI</a> = <absolute-URI, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.10"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#uri" title="Uniform Resource Identifiers">Section 2.6</a>> 702 702 <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">Host</a> = <Host, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.11"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#uri" title="Uniform Resource Identifiers">Section 2.6</a>> 703 <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">HTTP-date</a> = <HTTP-date, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.12"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#date.time.formats.full.date" title="Date/Time Formats: Full Date">Section 6.1</a>>703 <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">HTTP-date</a> = <HTTP-date, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.12"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#date.time.formats.full.date" title="Date/Time Formats: Full Date">Section 2.10.1</a>> 704 704 <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">partial-URI</a> = <partial-URI, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.13"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#uri" title="Uniform Resource Identifiers">Section 2.6</a>> 705 <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">product</a> = <product, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.14"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#product.tokens" title="Product Tokens">Section 6.3</a>>706 <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">TE</a> = <TE, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.15"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.upgrade" title="Upgrade">Section 8.8</a>>705 <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">product</a> = <product, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.14"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#product.tokens" title="Product Tokens">Section 2.10.3</a>> 706 <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">TE</a> = <TE, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.15"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.upgrade" title="Upgrade">Section 3.8</a>> 707 707 <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">URI</a> = <URI, defined in <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.16"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#uri" title="Uniform Resource Identifiers">Section 2.6</a>> 708 708 </pre><div id="rfc.figure.u.3"></div><pre class="inline"> <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">Accept</a> = <Accept, defined in <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.1"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>, <a href="p3-payload.html#header.accept" title="Accept">Section 5.1</a>> … … 776 776 / <a href="#header.expect" class="smpl">Expect</a> ; <a href="#header.expect" id="rfc.xref.header.expect.1" title="Expect">Section 9.2</a> 777 777 / <a href="#header.from" class="smpl">From</a> ; <a href="#header.from" id="rfc.xref.header.from.1" title="From">Section 9.3</a> 778 / <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">Host</a> ; <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.17"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.host" title="Host">Section 8.4</a>778 / <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">Host</a> ; <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.17"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.host" title="Host">Section 3.4</a> 779 779 / <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">If-Match</a> ; <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.6"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>, <a href="p4-conditional.html#header.if-match" title="If-Match">Section 6.2</a> 780 780 / <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">If-Modified-Since</a> ; <a href="#Part4" id="rfc.xref.Part4.7"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests">[Part4]</cite></a>, <a href="p4-conditional.html#header.if-modified-since" title="If-Modified-Since">Section 6.3</a> … … 786 786 / <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">Range</a> ; <a href="#Part5" id="rfc.xref.Part5.5"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses">[Part5]</cite></a>, <a href="p5-range.html#header.range" title="Range">Section 5.4</a> 787 787 / <a href="#header.referer" class="smpl">Referer</a> ; <a href="#header.referer" id="rfc.xref.header.referer.1" title="Referer">Section 9.6</a> 788 / <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">TE</a> ; <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.18"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.upgrade" title="Upgrade">Section 8.8</a>788 / <a href="#abnf.dependencies" class="smpl">TE</a> ; <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.18"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>, <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.upgrade" title="Upgrade">Section 3.8</a> 789 789 / <a href="#header.user-agent" class="smpl">User-Agent</a> ; <a href="#header.user-agent" id="rfc.xref.header.user-agent.1" title="User-Agent">Section 9.9</a> 790 790 </pre><p id="rfc.section.3.p.3">Request-header field names can be extended reliably only in combination with a change in the protocol version. However, new … … 881 881 fields are defined in <a href="#Part3" id="rfc.xref.Part3.9"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation">[Part3]</cite></a>. 882 882 </p> 883 <p id="rfc.section.6.p.2">An entity-body is only present in a message when a message-body is present, as described in <a href="p1-messaging.html#message.body" title="Message Body">Section 3.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.19"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>. The entity-body is obtained from the message-body by decoding any Transfer-Encoding that might have been applied to ensure883 <p id="rfc.section.6.p.2">An entity-body is only present in a message when a message-body is present, as described in <a href="p1-messaging.html#message.body" title="Message Body">Section 2.7.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.19"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>. The entity-body is obtained from the message-body by decoding any Transfer-Encoding that might have been applied to ensure 884 884 safe and proper transfer of the message. 885 885 </p> … … 1046 1046 </p> 1047 1047 <p id="rfc.section.7.8.p.2">TRACE allows the client to see what is being received at the other end of the request chain and use that data for testing 1048 or diagnostic information. The value of the Via header field (<a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 8.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.20"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) is of particular interest, since it acts as a trace of the request chain. Use of the Max-Forwards header field allows the1048 or diagnostic information. The value of the Via header field (<a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 3.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.20"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) is of particular interest, since it acts as a trace of the request chain. Use of the Max-Forwards header field allows the 1049 1049 client to limit the length of the request chain, which is useful for testing a chain of proxies forwarding messages in an 1050 1050 infinite loop. 1051 1051 </p> 1052 <p id="rfc.section.7.8.p.3">If the request is valid, the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain the entire request message in the entity-body, with a Content-Type of "message/http" (see <a href="p1-messaging.html#internet.media.type.message.http" title="Internet Media Type message/http">Section 9.3.1</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.21"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>). Responses to this method <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be cached.1052 <p id="rfc.section.7.8.p.3">If the request is valid, the response <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> contain the entire request message in the entity-body, with a Content-Type of "message/http" (see <a href="p1-messaging.html#internet.media.type.message.http" title="Internet Media Type message/http">Section 4.3.1</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.21"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>). Responses to this method <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> be cached. 1053 1053 </p> 1054 1054 <div id="rfc.iref.c.1"></div> … … 1077 1077 <p id="rfc.section.8.1.1.p.1">The client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> continue with its request. This interim response is used to inform the client that the initial part of the request has been 1078 1078 received and has not yet been rejected by the server. The client <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> continue by sending the remainder of the request or, if the request has already been completed, ignore this response. The 1079 server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> send a final response after the request has been completed. See <a href="p1-messaging.html#use.of.the.100.status" title="Use of the 100 (Continue) Status">Section 7.2.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.22"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a> for detailed discussion of the use and handling of this status code.1079 server <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> send a final response after the request has been completed. See <a href="p1-messaging.html#use.of.the.100.status" title="Use of the 100 (Continue) Status">Section 2.11.2.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.22"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a> for detailed discussion of the use and handling of this status code. 1080 1080 </p> 1081 1081 <div id="rfc.iref.26"></div> … … 1504 1504 </p> 1505 1505 <p id="rfc.section.9.2.p.7">Many older HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 applications do not understand the Expect header.</p> 1506 <p id="rfc.section.9.2.p.8">See <a href="p1-messaging.html#use.of.the.100.status" title="Use of the 100 (Continue) Status">Section 7.2.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.24"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a> for the use of the 100 (Continue) status.1506 <p id="rfc.section.9.2.p.8">See <a href="p1-messaging.html#use.of.the.100.status" title="Use of the 100 (Continue) Status">Section 2.11.2.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.24"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a> for the use of the 100 (Continue) status. 1507 1507 </p> 1508 1508 <div id="rfc.iref.f.1"></div> … … 1547 1547 <ul> 1548 1548 <li>With a 201 Created response, because in this usage the Location header specifies the URI for the entire created resource.</li> 1549 <li>With a 300 Multiple Choices, since the choice decision is intended to be made on resource characteristics and not fragment1550 characteristics.1551 </li>1552 1549 <li>With 305 Use Proxy.</li> 1553 1550 </ul> … … 1609 1606 <h2 id="rfc.section.9.8"><a href="#rfc.section.9.8">9.8</a> <a id="header.server" href="#header.server">Server</a></h2> 1610 1607 <p id="rfc.section.9.8.p.1">The response-header field "Server" contains information about the software used by the origin server to handle the request. 1611 The field can contain multiple product tokens (<a href="p1-messaging.html#product.tokens" title="Product Tokens">Section 6.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.25"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) and comments identifying the server and any significant subproducts. The product tokens are listed in order of their significance1608 The field can contain multiple product tokens (<a href="p1-messaging.html#product.tokens" title="Product Tokens">Section 2.10.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.25"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) and comments identifying the server and any significant subproducts. The product tokens are listed in order of their significance 1612 1609 for identifying the application. 1613 1610 </p> … … 1617 1614 </pre><p id="rfc.section.9.8.p.3">Example:</p> 1618 1615 <div id="rfc.figure.u.26"></div><pre class="text"> Server: CERN/3.0 libwww/2.17 1619 </pre><p id="rfc.section.9.8.p.5">If the response is being forwarded through a proxy, the proxy application <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> modify the Server response-header. Instead, it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include a Via field (as described in <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 8.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.26"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>).1616 </pre><p id="rfc.section.9.8.p.5">If the response is being forwarded through a proxy, the proxy application <em class="bcp14">MUST NOT</em> modify the Server response-header. Instead, it <em class="bcp14">MUST</em> include a Via field (as described in <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 3.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.26"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>). 1620 1617 </p> 1621 1618 <div class="note"> … … 1630 1627 <p id="rfc.section.9.9.p.1">The request-header field "User-Agent" contains information about the user agent originating the request. This is for statistical 1631 1628 purposes, the tracing of protocol violations, and automated recognition of user agents for the sake of tailoring responses 1632 to avoid particular user agent limitations. User agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include this field with requests. The field can contain multiple product tokens (<a href="p1-messaging.html#product.tokens" title="Product Tokens">Section 6.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.27"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) and comments identifying the agent and any subproducts which form a significant part of the user agent. By convention, the1629 to avoid particular user agent limitations. User agents <em class="bcp14">SHOULD</em> include this field with requests. The field can contain multiple product tokens (<a href="p1-messaging.html#product.tokens" title="Product Tokens">Section 2.10.3</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.27"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>) and comments identifying the agent and any subproducts which form a significant part of the user agent. By convention, the 1633 1630 product tokens are listed in order of their significance for identifying the application. 1634 1631 </p> … … 2253 2250 </p> 2254 2251 <p id="rfc.section.A.2.p.8">In the description of the Server header, the Via field was described as a SHOULD. The requirement was and is stated correctly 2255 in the description of the Via header in <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 8.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.28"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>. (<a href="#header.server" id="rfc.xref.header.server.4" title="Server">Section 9.8</a>)2252 in the description of the Via header in <a href="p1-messaging.html#header.via" title="Via">Section 3.9</a> of <a href="#Part1" id="rfc.xref.Part1.28"><cite title="HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing">[Part1]</cite></a>. (<a href="#header.server" id="rfc.xref.header.server.4" title="Server">Section 9.8</a>) 2256 2253 </p> 2257 2254 <h1 id="rfc.section.B"><a href="#rfc.section.B">B.</a> <a id="collected.abnf" href="#collected.abnf">Collected ABNF</a></h1> … … 2679 2676 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 2.5</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.23">8.5.6</a></li> 2680 2677 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 2.6</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.10">1.2.2</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.11">1.2.2</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.13">1.2.2</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.16">1.2.2</a></li> 2681 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 3.3</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.19">6</a></li>2682 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 6.1</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.12">1.2.2</a></li>2683 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 6.3</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.14">1.2.2</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.25">9.8</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.27">9.9</a></li>2684 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 7.2.3</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.22">8.1.1</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.24">9.2</a></li>2685 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 8.4</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.17">3</a></li>2686 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 8.8</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.15">1.2.2</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.18">3</a></li>2687 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 8.9</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.20">7.8</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.26">9.8</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.28">A.2</a></li>2688 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 9.3.1</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.21">7.8</a></li>2678 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 2.7.3</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.19">6</a></li> 2679 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 2.10.1</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.12">1.2.2</a></li> 2680 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 2.10.3</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.14">1.2.2</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.25">9.8</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.27">9.9</a></li> 2681 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 2.11.2.3</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.22">8.1.1</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.24">9.2</a></li> 2682 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 3.4</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.17">3</a></li> 2683 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 3.8</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.15">1.2.2</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.18">3</a></li> 2684 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 3.9</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.20">7.8</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.26">9.8</a>, <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.28">A.2</a></li> 2685 <li class="indline1"><em>Section 4.3.1</em> <a class="iref" href="#rfc.xref.Part1.21">7.8</a></li> 2689 2686 </ul> 2690 2687 </li> -
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r648 r652 2005 2005 <list style="symbols"> 2006 2006 <t>With a 201 Created response, because in this usage the Location header specifies the URI for the entire created resource.</t> 2007 <t>With a 300 Multiple Choices, since the choice decision is intended to be made on resource characteristics and not fragment characteristics.</t>2008 2007 <t>With 305 Use Proxy.</t> 2009 2008 </list>
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