RFC 2295

Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP, March 1998

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Status:
EXPERIMENTAL
Authors:
K. Holtman
A. Mutz
Stream:
IETF
Source:
http (app)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2295

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Abstract

HTTP allows web site authors to put multiple versions of the same information under a single URL. Transparent content negotiation is an extensible negotiation mechanism, layered on top of HTTP, for automatically selecting the best version when the URL is accessed. This enables the smooth deployment of new web data formats and markup tags. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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