Re: [Ace] Embedded Content Types

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Thu, 21 February 2019 15:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ace] Embedded Content Types
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Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:
    > I think this is just a misunderstanding — the idea wasn’t to supply the
    > parts under different URIs, but to make up different URIs for
    > retrieving the different combinations coming in one multipart-core, in
    > one transaction.

    > or, say

    > /skg/284,281

    > This provides full format agility while preserving the interaction model.

I sure prefer this over other hacks.
Would the client say Accept: 62 to indicate it's willingness to receive a multipart?

It seems that multiple Accept: option headers may be allowed.

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