Re: [webfinger] Server Response language
"Paul E. Jones" <paulej@packetizer.com> Thu, 20 December 2012 17:35 UTC
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Subject: Re: [webfinger] Server Response language
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The 404 bit is needed, since the "webfinger" server was found. just not the resource being queried. That question absolutely will come up. The new stuff (401, 2xx), I agree: it's re-stating what HTTP does. If others agree, I'll not put that into the spec. Paul From: Tim Bray [mailto:tbray@textuality.com] Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 12:30 PM To: Paul E. Jones Cc: webfinger@ietf.org; webfinger@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [webfinger] Server Response language As in every other case where the WebFinger spec is merely re-iterating standard HTTP rules, I suggest just removing this language. -Tim On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Paul E. Jones <paulej@packetizer.com> wrote: Folks, We had this previously: "If the client queries the WebFinger server and provides a URI for which the server has no information, the server MUST return a 404 status code." Someone posted to the list that we should talk about positive replies and mention that a client might be rejected with a 401. So, I wrote this text to be appended to the end of that above paragraph: "If the server is able to provide information in response to a request, it MUST do so using an appropriate 2xx HTTP status code and including the requested representation in the body of the response. A server MAY also return other HTTP status codes, as appropriate, such as a 401 to indicate that the client is not authorized to issue a request to the server." Is this agreeable? Please suggest wording changes, if not. Paul _______________________________________________ webfinger mailing list webfinger@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/webfinger
- [webfinger] Server Response language Paul E. Jones
- Re: [webfinger] Server Response language James M Snell
- Re: [webfinger] Server Response language Tim Bray
- Re: [webfinger] Server Response language Paul E. Jones
- Re: [webfinger] Server Response language Paul E. Jones
- Re: [webfinger] Server Response language Tim Bray
- Re: [webfinger] Server Response language Goix Laurent Walter
- Re: [webfinger] Server Response language Paul E. Jones
- Re: [webfinger] Server Response language Stephane Bortzmeyer
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- Re: [webfinger] Server Response language Paul E. Jones
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