p1: transfer coding registry

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Sat, 20 April 2013 04:41 UTC

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p1 section 7.5 defines the transfer (and content) coding registry.

Earlier in the spec, we talk about x-gzip and x-deflate being synonyms for gzip and deflate, respectively.

Should we register them as well, then? Note that RFC6648 allows registration of X- parameters.

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