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HTTP Extensions in progress
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Digest is a message field in the new parlance #1137

Closed martinthomson closed 4 years ago

martinthomson commented 4 years ago

The phrase "header field" is no longer the accepted form. The generic form is "message field".

This matters more for Digest, which is a good candidate for a trailer.

mnot commented 4 years ago

Just "field" actually.

LPardue commented 4 years ago

I'm sorry, I have no idea how to resolve this. Looking at core semantics I still see many instances of header field, so I don't think the solution is a global replace. Are there correct examples I can use to base a PR on?

mnot commented 4 years ago

If it's purposefully designed to only be used in a header section, "header field" is fine. If it might appear in trailers, use "field" or "header or trailer field" as appropriate.

LPardue commented 4 years ago

ok, does this require a change to the document title?

martinthomson commented 4 years ago

I recommend "The HTTP Digest Field"

martinthomson commented 4 years ago

Or "HTTP Digests"

LPardue commented 4 years ago

and as an aide memior, it seems we'll need to change registration details to overwrite the "digest" defintion that will get migrated to the new table https://httpwg.org/http-core/draft-ietf-httpbis-semantics-latest.html#rfc.section.12.4

ioggstream commented 4 years ago

I recommend "The HTTP Digest Field"

Sounds reasonable.