Changeset 755 for draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p4-conditional.xml

Timestamp:

01/02/10 14:42:42 (10 years ago)

Author:

julian.reschke@…

Message:

editorial: improve list style / sentence ordering in client requirements

File:

• draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p4-conditional.xml (modified) (1 diff)

draft-ietf-httpbis/latest/p4-conditional.xml

@@ -620 +620 @@
    HTTP/1.1 clients:
   <list style="symbols">
-     <t>If an entity tag has been provided by the origin server, &MUST;
-        use that entity tag in any cache-conditional request (using If-Match
-        or If-None-Match).</t>
-
-     <t>If only a Last-Modified value has been provided by the origin
-        server, &SHOULD; use that value in non-subrange cache-conditional
-        requests (using If-Modified-Since).</t>
-
-     <t>If only a Last-Modified value has been provided by an HTTP/1.0
-        origin server, &MAY; use that value in subrange cache-conditional
-        requests (using If-Unmodified-Since:). The user agent &SHOULD;
+     <t>&MUST; use that entity tag in any cache-conditional request (using
+        If-Match or If-None-Match) if an entity tag has been provided by the
+        origin server.</t>
+
+     <t>&SHOULD; use the Last-Modified value in non-subrange cache-conditional
+        requests (using If-Modified-Since) if only a Last-Modified value has
+        been provided by the origin server. </t>
+
+     <t>&MAY; use the Last-Modified value in subrange cache-conditional
+        requests (using If-Unmodified-Since) if only a Last-Modified value has
+        been provided by an HTTP/1.0 origin server. The user agent &SHOULD;
         provide a way to disable this, in case of difficulty.</t>
 
-     <t>If both an entity tag and a Last-Modified value have been
-        provided by the origin server, &SHOULD; use both validators in
-        cache-conditional requests. This allows both HTTP/1.0 and
-        HTTP/1.1 caches to respond appropriately.</t>
+     <t>&SHOULD; use both validators in cache-conditional requests if both an
+        entity tag and a Last-Modified value have been provided by the origin
+        server. This allows both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 caches to respond
+        appropriately.</t>
   </list>
 </t>