Re: Auxiliary header for HTML (was "Re: The FAQ system approaches obsolescence. What do we do now?")

Joe Sewell (jsewell@iu.net)
Sat, 10 Dec 1994 21:43:12 +0000

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>Joe Sewell sez:
>.
>.
>. I like the idea. Actually, having a "Longer-Version-At" might be good as
>. well as an "HTTP-Version-At" ... not all HTTP versions are necessarily
>. longer versions. :) Or the "See-Also" or "More-Info" ideas another list
>. subscriber mentioned.
>.
>. Now THIS is an idea I can get excited about.
>
>
> HTTP-version-at: is a poor name, especially since you can get
> HTML pages via ftp, gopher, etc.
>
> A better header would be:
>
> Current-Version-At: <URL:xxxx>
>
> Then, you could put any URL you wanted in there, or, in the
> future a URN that would resolve into the closest URL mirror.

The main reason I was focusing on HTTP-version-at: was to emphasize that
we're talking about an HTML page vs. a text document. Current-Version-At:
could refer to the current version of the text document.

Then again, is that so bad, since a URL specifies the transport mechanism
(http, ftp, gopher, etc.) and, presumably, the file type (.html, .txt,
etc.)?

Joe

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