On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Wendy Roome <[email protected]>wrote:

> Yes, now I remember that discussion. But isn't the current wording
> misleading?  I think the server only returns an IRD with a 300 status if
> the client sends a GET request rather than a POST request.
>

The way I read RFC2616, the 300 status code can be returned for either a
GET or a POST.

We'd be happy to find a better wording.  Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Rich



>
> - Wendy
>
>
> From: Richard Alimi <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, July 19, 2013 03:31
> To: Wendy Roome <[email protected]>
> Cc: alto <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [alto] Cost-type names
>
>
>>     If there is more than one Cost Type in this list,
>>     then the ALTO Server SHOULD return an IRD to the client
>>     to lead it towards the URIs for the corresponding Cost Maps.
>>
>> I don't understand what that means. Can anyone explain it?
>>
>
> This means that the ALTO Server may respond with an Multiple Choices (300)
> status code with the body containing an IRD.  If I recall correctly, the
> explicit statement about the HTTP 300 status code was removed after a
> discussion about there being too strong of a coupling between ALTO and the
> HTTP layers.  I know the WG has gone back and forth over appropriate
> wording for this particular issue in the past.
>
>
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