text_combined: lisa dusseault lisaosafoundationorg aug 6 2008 1159 julian reschke wrote concern client get http uri receive response mime type still wouldnt know whether seeing genuine held response static xml document served web server failure theres problem get held server requires custom body get without body undefined last spec version remember another way address would held server required respond emptybody get heres need url response either userreadable machinereadable mime type could part alternative heldspecific uri scheme rfc2616 requires servers understand requests absoluteuri requesturi also tells http11 clients use except talking proxies youre moving outside http11 spec thats ok held moves outside http11 spec several ways held client told use absolute uri thus overriding generalpurpose requirement 2616 extensibility sometimes requires kind defaults exceptions existing client libraries xhr apache httpclient support format get request wire writing custom http stack serious problem requiring custom http client stack would drawback newscheme approach implement server top existing http frameworks java servlet container extension hooks allow know thats important held server developers lisa _______________________________________________ ietf mailing list ietfietforg httpswwwietforgmailmanlistinfoietf wed 06 aug 2008 151346 0400 past lc comments draftietfgeoprivhttplocationdelivery08