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RFC 2295: Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP

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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.

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Document ID
RFC2295
Published
March 1998
Authors
K. Holtman; A. Mutz
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
58
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