rfc-2295

Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP

K. Holtman, A. Mutz
date1998-03 streamIETF areaapp wghttp statusEXPERIMENTAL pages58 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2295 doi10.17487/RFC2295
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.