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check out a similar thread on the IETF apps list:
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/apps-discuss/current/msg11886.html
BTW - HTML.FORM as the enctype attribute for this.
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On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 3:04 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
>
> The "affordance" (way to be used) of a given Server IRI is described by
> the Content-Type header returned by OPTIONS, but
>
> apparently nothing is provided to publish the media type of resources
> which may be POSTed to the IRI.
>
> The only "well known" ways are, to my knowledge:
>
> - a return HTML FORM containing "accept" attributes
>
> - an ATOM payload (there is only one media type, easy)
>
>
> In a similar way, using a Link (or Link-Template) header only allows the
> "type" parameter describing what the IRI may return on GET, and not what =
it
> may accept with POST.
>
>
> Is it totally meaningless to consider the use of the Accept header in a
> server response to list the media types of resources which may be POSTed =
to
> the IRI?
>
> It could be also considered to consider the user of "accept=3D" attribute=
in
> the syntax of the Link header for the same purpose.
>
>
> Since this idea seems trivial and is (apparently) not used, it is perhaps
> silly: what do you think ?
>
>
>
>
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<p><div dir=3D"ltr">check out a similar thread on the IETF apps list:=
<div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/apps-di=
scuss/current/msg11886.html">http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/apps-disc=
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</div><div><br></div><div>BTW - HTML.FORM as the enctype attribute for this=
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<p><span>Hello,=C2=A0</span></p><p><span><br></span></p><p><span>The "=
affordance" (way to be used) =C2=A0of a given Server IRI is described =
by the Content-Type header returned by OPTIONS, but</span></p><p><span>appa=
rently nothing is provided to publish the media type of resources which may=
be POSTed to the IRI.</span></p>
<p><span>The only "well known" ways are, to my knowledge:=C2=A0</=
span></p><p><span>- a return HTML FORM containing "accept" attrib=
utes</span></p><p><span>- an ATOM payload (there is only one media type, ea=
sy)</span></p>
<p><br></p><p>In a similar way, using a Link (or Link-Template) header only=
allows the "type" parameter describing what the IRI may return o=
n GET, and not what it may accept with POST.=C2=A0</p><p><br></p><p>Is it t=
otally meaningless to consider the use of the Accept header in a server res=
ponse to list the media types of resources which may be POSTed to the IRI?=
=C2=A0</p>
<p>It could be also considered to consider the user of "accept=3D"=
; attribute in the syntax of the Link header for the same purpose.=C2=A0</p=
><p><br></p><p>Since this idea seems trivial and is (apparently) not used, =
it is perhaps silly: what do you think ?=C2=A0</p>
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