Re: Status code 422 in http-core uses the term `entity`. Should we use `representation` ?

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> Wed, 15 May 2019 06:44 UTC

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Subject: Re: Status code 422 in http-core uses the term `entity`. Should we use `representation` ?
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On 14.05.2019 17:38, Roberto Polli wrote:
> Hi @all,
>
> while reading httpbis-semantics I noted that:
>
> - Status code 422 uses the term `entity`
>
> I filed an issue:
>
> - https://github.com/httpwg/http-core/issues/224
>
> My proposals:
>
> - it should use the term `representation`

"enclosed representation"

> - the definition should expand the original statements which are tied to webdav
>    so that it could be more generic

Please be more specific.

> - we could add one or two examples with the correct 422 usage

I'm not against examples, but we currently have none in this section.
Adding just a few for 422 would be weird.

> How would you manage it?

I'll take care of it.

Best regards, Julian