Re: [Ietf-message-headers] HTTP Refresh header

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Wed, 09 August 2017 18:02 UTC

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From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
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Subject: Re: [Ietf-message-headers] HTTP Refresh header
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It'd be nice if the header was well-defined, but those aren't requirements for registration; if it's in use (and it is), it should be registered.


> On 9 Aug 2017, at 10:58 am, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> On 2017-08-09 19:00, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>> Header field name: Refresh
>> Applicable protocol: http
>> Status: standard
>> Author/Change controller: WHATWG
>> Specification document(s): https://html.spec.whatwg.org/
>> Related information: See
>> https://github.com/whatwg/html/commit/7e9f6b6ffe2119f43f909f71773a25a7e8a61ca7
>> if you're interested in the exact changes to the HTML Standard.
> 
> It's great that you're doing this, but I think the changes in the spec aren't sufficient at all in order to define the header field.
> 
> See <https://www.greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc7231.html#considerations.for.new.header.fields>.
> 
> Best regards, Julian
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