Re: feature negotiation
Ned Freed (NED@innosoft.com)
Sun, 25 Feb 1996 22:25:45 -0800 (PST)
> > [## Question to be resolved: Should a rudimentary feature negotiation
> > facilities that work for 90% of the cases be added as a stopgap?? I
> > wonder if we won't be doing the web community a disservice if we delay
> > a 90% solution in order to construct a 99% solution for HTTP 1.2.
> > After all, most negotiation that happens now is on tables vs. no
> > tables, not on language or MIME type.
> > ##]
> I think we should just put this as a separate issue.
> Here's a strawman proposal:
> * request that IANA extend media type registrations to allow
> registration of feature names for each media type.
> 90% solution says: feature names are atomic, contain
> only alphanumeric characters, feature registration
> for an Internet Media Type requires same documentation
> rules as for Media Type but no waiting period (since
> there are no additional security considerations).
I think this is an excellent idea. I would modify the proposal somewhat
to have a generic set of features that may or may not be applicable to
a given type. Each type definition would then list the features that apply
to it.
Ned