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| -rw-r--r-- | proposals/278-directory-compression-scheme-negotiation.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/proposals/278-directory-compression-scheme-negotiation.txt b/proposals/278-directory-compression-scheme-negotiation.txt index b1f2808..b62c69a 100644 --- a/proposals/278-directory-compression-scheme-negotiation.txt +++ b/proposals/278-directory-compression-scheme-negotiation.txt @@ -88,12 +88,14 @@ Target: N/A Accept-Encoding: x-zstd, x-lzma2, gzip, deflate When a directory server receives a request with the "Accept-Encoding" - header included it must decide on a mutually supported compression - scheme and add the "Content-Encoding" header to its response and thus - notifying the client of its decision. The "Content-Encoding" header - can at most contain one supported compression scheme. If no mutual - compression scheme can be negotiated the server must respond with an - HTTP error status code of 415 "Unsupported Media Type". + header included, to either the ".z" compressed or the uncompressed + version of any given document, it must decide on a mutually supported + compression scheme and add the "Content-Encoding" header to its + response and thus notifying the client of its decision. The + "Content-Encoding" header can at most contain one supported + compression scheme. If no mutual compression scheme can be negotiated + the server must respond with an HTTP error status code of 415 + "Unsupported Media Type". For example: |