draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-13.txt		draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-14.txt
	HTTPbis Working Group R. Fielding, Ed.		HTTPbis Working Group R. Fielding, Ed.
	Internet-Draft Adobe		Internet-Draft Adobe
	Obsoletes: 2616 (if approved) J. Gettys		Obsoletes: 2616 (if approved) J. Gettys
	Intended status: Standards Track Alcatel-Lucent		Intended status: Standards Track Alcatel-Lucent
	Expires: September 15, 2011 J. Mogul		Expires: October 20, 2011 J. Mogul
	HP		HP
	H. Frystyk		H. Frystyk
	Microsoft		Microsoft
	L. Masinter		L. Masinter
	Adobe		Adobe
	P. Leach		P. Leach
	Microsoft		Microsoft
	T. Berners-Lee		T. Berners-Lee
	W3C/MIT		W3C/MIT
	Y. Lafon, Ed.		Y. Lafon, Ed.
	W3C		W3C
	J. Reschke, Ed.		J. Reschke, Ed.
	greenbytes		greenbytes
	March 14, 2011		April 18, 2011
	HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests		HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests
	draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-13		draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-14
	Abstract		Abstract
	The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level		The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level
	protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information		protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information
	systems. HTTP has been in use by the World Wide Web global		systems. HTTP has been in use by the World Wide Web global
	information initiative since 1990. This document is Part 4 of the		information initiative since 1990. This document is Part 4 of the
	seven-part specification that defines the protocol referred to as		seven-part specification that defines the protocol referred to as
	"HTTP/1.1" and, taken together, obsoletes RFC 2616. Part 4 defines		"HTTP/1.1" and, taken together, obsoletes RFC 2616. Part 4 defines
	request header fields for indicating conditional requests and the		request header fields for indicating conditional requests and the
	rules for constructing responses to those requests.		rules for constructing responses to those requests.
	Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor)		Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor)
	Discussion of this draft should take place on the HTTPBIS working		Discussion of this draft should take place on the HTTPBIS working
	group mailing list (ietf-http-wg@w3.org). The current issues list is		group mailing list (ietf-http-wg@w3.org), which is archived at
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	<http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/>.		<http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/>.
	The changes in this draft are summarized in Appendix C.14.		The changes in this draft are summarized in Appendix C.15.
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	Table of Contents		Table of Contents
	1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5		1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
	1.1. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5		1.1. Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
	1.2. Syntax Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5		1.2. Syntax Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
	1.2.1. Core Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6		2. Resource State Metadata (Validators) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
	1.2.2. ABNF Rules defined in other Parts of the		2.1. Last-Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
	Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6		2.1.1. Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
	2. Entity-Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6		2.1.2. Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
	2.1. Example: Entity-tags varying on Content-Negotiated		2.2. ETag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
	Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7		2.2.1. Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
	3. Status Code Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8		2.2.2. Weak versus Strong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
	3.1. 304 Not Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8		2.2.3. Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
	3.2. 412 Precondition Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8		2.2.4. Rules for When to Use Entity-tags and
	4. Weak and Strong Validators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9		Last-Modified Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
	5. Rules for When to Use Entity-tags and Last-Modified Dates . . 11		2.2.5. Example: Entity-tags varying on Content-Negotiated
	6. Header Field Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13		Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
	6.1. ETag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13		3. Precondition Header Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
	6.2. If-Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14		3.1. If-Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
	6.3. If-Modified-Since . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15		3.2. If-None-Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
	6.4. If-None-Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17		3.3. If-Modified-Since . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
	6.5. If-Unmodified-Since . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18		3.4. If-Unmodified-Since . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
	6.6. Last-Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19		3.5. If-Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
	7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19		4. Status Code Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
	7.1. Status Code Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19		4.1. 304 Not Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
	7.2. Header Field Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20		4.2. 412 Precondition Failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
	8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20		5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
	9. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20		5.1. Status Code Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
	10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20		5.2. Header Field Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
	10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20		6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
	10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21		7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
			8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
			8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
			8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
	Appendix A. Changes from RFC 2616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21		Appendix A. Changes from RFC 2616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
	Appendix B. Collected ABNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22		Appendix B. Collected ABNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
	Appendix C. Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before		Appendix C. Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before
	publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22		publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
	C.1. Since RFC 2616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22		C.1. Since RFC 2616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
	C.2. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-00 . . . . . . . . 23		C.2. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-00 . . . . . . . . 22
	C.3. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-01 . . . . . . . . 23		C.3. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-01 . . . . . . . . 23
	C.4. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-02 . . . . . . . . 23		C.4. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-02 . . . . . . . . 23
	C.5. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-03 . . . . . . . . 23		C.5. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-03 . . . . . . . . 23
	C.6. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-04 . . . . . . . . 24		C.6. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-04 . . . . . . . . 23
	C.7. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-05 . . . . . . . . 24		C.7. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-05 . . . . . . . . 24
	C.8. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-06 . . . . . . . . 24		C.8. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-06 . . . . . . . . 24
	C.9. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-07 . . . . . . . . 24		C.9. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-07 . . . . . . . . 24
	C.10. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-08 . . . . . . . . 24		C.10. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-08 . . . . . . . . 24
	C.11. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-09 . . . . . . . . 24		C.11. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-09 . . . . . . . . 24
	C.12. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-10 . . . . . . . . 25		C.12. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-10 . . . . . . . . 24
	C.13. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-11 . . . . . . . . 25		C.13. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-11 . . . . . . . . 25
	C.14. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-12 . . . . . . . . 25		C.14. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-12 . . . . . . . . 25
			C.15. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-13 . . . . . . . . 25
	Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25		Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
	1. Introduction		1. Introduction
	This document defines HTTP/1.1 response metadata for indicating		This document defines the HTTP/1.1 conditional request mechanisms,
	potential changes to payload content, including modification time		including both response metadata that can be used to indicate or
	stamps and opaque entity-tags, and the HTTP conditional request		observe changes to resource state and request header fields that
	mechanisms that allow preconditions to be placed on a request method.		specify preconditions to be checked before performing the action
	Conditional GET requests allow for efficient cache updates. Other		given by the request method. Conditional GET requests are the most
	conditional request methods are used to protect against overwriting		efficient mechanism for HTTP cache updates [Part6]. Conditionals can
	or misunderstanding the state of a resource that has been changed		also be applied to state-changing methods, such as PUT and DELETE, to
	unbeknownst to the requesting client.		prevent the "lost update" problem: one client accidentally
			overwriting the work of another client that has been acting in
			parallel.
	This document is currently disorganized in order to minimize the		Conditional request preconditions are based on the state of the
	changes between drafts and enable reviewers to see the smaller errata		target resource as a whole (its current value set) or the state as
	changes. A future draft will reorganize the sections to better		observed in a previously obtained representation (one value in that
	reflect the content. In particular, the sections on resource		set). A resource might have multiple current representations, each
	metadata will be discussed first and then followed by each		with its own observable state. The conditional request mechanisms
	conditional request header field, concluding with a definition of		assume that the mapping of requests to corresponding representations
	precedence and the expectation of ordering strong validator checks		will be consistent over time if the server intends to take advantage
	before weak validator checks. It is likely that more content from		of conditionals. Regardless, if the mapping is inconsistent and the
	[Part6] will migrate to this part, where appropriate. The current		server is unable to select the appropriate representation, then no
	mess reflects how widely dispersed these topics and associated		harm will result when the precondition evaluates to false.
	requirements had become in [RFC2616].
			We use the term "selected representation" to refer to the current
			representation of the target resource that would have been selected
			in a successful response if the same request had used the method GET
			and had excluded all of the conditional request header fields. The
			conditional request preconditions are evaluated by comparing the
			values provided in the request header fields to the current metadata
			for the selected representation.
	1.1. Requirements		1.1. Requirements
	The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",		The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
	"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this		"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
	document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].		document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
	An implementation is not compliant if it fails to satisfy one or more		An implementation is not compliant if it fails to satisfy one or more
	of the "MUST" or "REQUIRED" level requirements for the protocols it		of the "MUST" or "REQUIRED" level requirements for the protocols it
	implements. An implementation that satisfies all the "MUST" or		implements. An implementation that satisfies all the "MUST" or
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	rule). Appendix B shows the collected ABNF, with the list rule		rule). Appendix B shows the collected ABNF, with the list rule
	expanded.		expanded.
	The following core rules are included by reference, as defined in		The following core rules are included by reference, as defined in
	[RFC5234], Appendix B.1: ALPHA (letters), CR (carriage return), CRLF		[RFC5234], Appendix B.1: ALPHA (letters), CR (carriage return), CRLF
	(CR LF), CTL (controls), DIGIT (decimal 0-9), DQUOTE (double quote),		(CR LF), CTL (controls), DIGIT (decimal 0-9), DQUOTE (double quote),
	HEXDIG (hexadecimal 0-9/A-F/a-f), LF (line feed), OCTET (any 8-bit		HEXDIG (hexadecimal 0-9/A-F/a-f), LF (line feed), OCTET (any 8-bit
	sequence of data), SP (space), VCHAR (any visible USASCII character),		sequence of data), SP (space), VCHAR (any visible USASCII character),
	and WSP (whitespace).		and WSP (whitespace).
	1.2.1. Core Rules		The ABNF rules below are defined in other parts:
	The core rules below are defined in Section 1.2.2 of [Part1]:
	quoted-string = <quoted-string, defined in [Part1], Section 1.2.2>		quoted-string = <quoted-string, defined in [Part1], Section 1.2.2>
	OWS = <OWS, defined in [Part1], Section 1.2.2>		OWS = <OWS, defined in [Part1], Section 1.2.2>
			HTTP-date = <HTTP-date, defined in [Part1], Section 6.1>
	1.2.2. ABNF Rules defined in other Parts of the Specification		2. Resource State Metadata (Validators)
	The ABNF rules below are defined in other parts:		This specification defines two forms of metadata that are commonly
			used to observe resource state and test for preconditions:
			modification dates and opaque entity tags. Additional metadata that
			reflects resource state has been defined by various extensions of
			HTTP, such as WebDAV [RFC4918], that are beyond the scope of this
			specification. A resource metadata value is referred to as a
			"validator" when it is used within a precondition.
	HTTP-date = <HTTP-date, defined in [Part1], Section 6.1>		2.1. Last-Modified
	2. Entity-Tags		The "Last-Modified" header field indicates the date and time at which
			the origin server believes the selected representation was last
			modified.
	Entity-tags are used for comparing two or more representations of the		Last-Modified = HTTP-date
	same resource. HTTP/1.1 uses entity-tags in the ETag (Section 6.1),
	If-Match (Section 6.2), If-None-Match (Section 6.4), and If-Range
	(Section 5.3 of [Part5]) header fields. The definition of how they
	are used and compared as cache validators is in Section 4. An
	entity-tag consists of an opaque quoted string, possibly prefixed by
	a weakness indicator.
	entity-tag = [ weak ] opaque-tag		An example of its use is
	weak = %x57.2F ; "W/", case-sensitive
	opaque-tag = quoted-string
	A "strong entity-tag" MAY be shared by two representations of a		Last-Modified: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 12:45:26 GMT
	resource only if they are equivalent by octet equality.
	A "weak entity-tag", indicated by the "W/" prefix, MAY be shared by		2.1.1. Generation
	two representations of a resource only if the representations are
	equivalent and could be substituted for each other with no
	significant change in semantics. A weak entity-tag can only be used
	for weak comparison.
	An entity-tag MUST be unique across all versions of all		Origin servers SHOULD send Last-Modified for any selected
	representations associated with a particular resource. A given		representation for which a last modification date can be reasonably
	entity-tag value MAY be used for representations obtained by requests		and consistently determined, since its use in conditional requests
	on different URIs. The use of the same entity-tag value in		and evaluating cache freshness ([Part6]) results in a substantial
	conjunction with representations obtained by requests on different		reduction of HTTP traffic on the Internet and can be a significant
	URIs does not imply the equivalence of those representations.		factor in improving service scalability and reliability.
	2.1. Example: Entity-tags varying on Content-Negotiated Resources		A representation is typically the sum of many parts behind the
			resource interface. The last-modified time would usually be the most
			recent time that any of those parts were changed. How that value is
			determined for any given resource is an implementation detail beyond
			the scope of this specification. What matters to HTTP is how
			recipients of the Last-Modified header field can use its value to
			make conditional requests and test the validity of locally cached
			responses.
	Consider a resource that is subject to content negotiation (Section 5		An origin server SHOULD obtain the Last-Modified value of the
	of [Part3]), and where the representations returned upon a GET		representation as close as possible to the time that it generates the
	request vary based on the Accept-Encoding request header field		Date field-value for its response. This allows a recipient to make
	(Section 6.3 of [Part3]):		an accurate assessment of the representation's modification time,
			especially if the representation changes near the time that the
			response is generated.
	>> Request:		An origin server with a clock MUST NOT send a Last-Modified date that
			is later than the server's time of message origination (Date). If
			the last modification time is derived from implementation-specific
			metadata that evaluates to some time in the future, according to the
			origin server's clock, then the origin server MUST replace that value
			with the message origination date. This prevents a future
			modification date from having an adverse impact on cache validation.
	GET /index HTTP/1.1		2.1.2. Comparison
	Host: www.example.com
	Accept-Encoding: gzip
	In this case, the response might or might not use the gzip content		A Last-Modified time, when used as a validator in a request, is
	coding. If it does not, the response might look like:		implicitly weak unless it is possible to deduce that it is strong,
			using the following rules:
	>> Response:		o The validator is being compared by an origin server to the actual
			current validator for the representation and,
	HTTP/1.1 200 OK		o That origin server reliably knows that the associated
	Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2010 00:05:00 GMT		representation did not change twice during the second covered by
	ETag: "123-a"		the presented validator.
	Content-Length: 70
	Vary: Accept-Encoding
	Content-Type: text/plain
	Hello World!		or
	Hello World!
	Hello World!
	Hello World!
	Hello World!
	An alternative representation that does use gzip content coding would		o The validator is about to be used by a client in an If-Modified-
	be:		Since or If-Unmodified-Since header field, because the client has
			a cache entry for the associated representation, and
	>> Response:		o That cache entry includes a Date value, which gives the time when
			the origin server sent the original response, and
	HTTP/1.1 200 OK		o The presented Last-Modified time is at least 60 seconds before the
	Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2010 00:05:00 GMT		Date value.
	ETag: "123-b"
	Content-Length: 43
	Vary: Accept-Encoding
	Content-Type: text/plain
	Content-Encoding: gzip
	...binary data...		or
	Note: Content codings are a property of the representation, so		o The validator is being compared by an intermediate cache to the
	therefore an entity-tag of an encoded representation must be		validator stored in its cache entry for the representation, and
	distinct from an unencoded representation to prevent conflicts
	during cache updates and range requests. In contrast, transfer
	codings (Section 6.2 of [Part1]) apply only during message
	transfer and do not require distinct entity-tags.
	3. Status Code Definitions		o That cache entry includes a Date value, which gives the time when
			the origin server sent the original response, and
	3.1. 304 Not Modified		o The presented Last-Modified time is at least 60 seconds before the
			Date value.
	If the client has performed a conditional GET request and access is		This method relies on the fact that if two different responses were
	allowed, but the document has not been modified, the server SHOULD		sent by the origin server during the same second, but both had the
	respond with this status code. The 304 response MUST NOT contain a		same Last-Modified time, then at least one of those responses would
	message-body, and thus is always terminated by the first empty line		have a Date value equal to its Last-Modified time. The arbitrary 60-
	after the header fields.		second limit guards against the possibility that the Date and Last-
			Modified values are generated from different clocks, or at somewhat
			different times during the preparation of the response. An
			implementation MAY use a value larger than 60 seconds, if it is
			believed that 60 seconds is too short.
	A 304 response MUST include a Date header field (Section 9.3 of		2.2. ETag
	[Part1]) unless its omission is required by Section 9.3.1 of [Part1].
	If a 200 response to the same request would have included any of the
	header fields Cache-Control, Content-Location, ETag, Expires, Last-
	Modified, or Vary, then those same header fields MUST be sent in a
	304 response.
	Since the goal of a 304 response is to minimize information transfer		The ETag header field provides the current entity-tag for the
	when the recipient already has one or more cached representations,		selected representation. An entity-tag is an opaque validator for
	the response SHOULD NOT include representation metadata other than		differentiating between multiple representations of the same
	the above listed fields unless said metadata exists for the purpose		resource, regardless of whether those multiple representations are
	of guiding cache updates (e.g., future HTTP extensions).		due to resource state changes over time, content negotiation
			resulting in multiple representations being valid at the same time,
			or both. An entity-tag consists of an opaque quoted string, possibly
			prefixed by a weakness indicator.
	If a 304 response includes an entity-tag that indicates a		ETag = entity-tag
	representation not currently cached, then the recipient MUST NOT use
	the 304 to update its own cache. If that conditional request
	originated with an outbound client, such as a user agent with its own
	cache sending a conditional GET to a shared proxy, then the 304
	response MAY be forwarded to the outbound client. Otherwise,
	disregard the response and repeat the request without the
	conditional.
	If a cache uses a received 304 response to update a cache entry, the		entity-tag = [ weak ] opaque-tag
	cache MUST update the entry to reflect any new field values given in		weak = %x57.2F ; "W/", case-sensitive
	the response.		opaque-tag = quoted-string
	3.2. 412 Precondition Failed		An entity-tag can be more reliable for validation than a modification
			date in situations where it is inconvenient to store modification
			dates, where the one-second resolution of HTTP date values is not
			sufficient, or where modification dates are not consistently
			maintained.
	The precondition given in one or more of the header fields evaluated		Examples:
	to false when it was tested on the server. This response code allows
	the client to place preconditions on the current resource metadata
	(header field data) and thus prevent the requested method from being
	applied to a resource other than the one intended.
	4. Weak and Strong Validators		ETag: "xyzzy"
			ETag: W/"xyzzy"
			ETag: ""
			2.2.1. Generation
			The principle behind entity-tags is that only the service author
			knows the implementation of a resource well enough to select the most
			accurate and efficient validation mechanism for that resource, and
			that any such mechanism can be mapped to a simple sequence of octets
			for easy comparison. Since the value is opaque, there is no need for
			the client to be aware of how each entity-tag is constructed.
			For example, a resource that has implementation-specific versioning
			applied to all changes might use an internal revision number, perhaps
			combined with a variance identifier for content negotiation, to
			accurately differentiate between representations. Other
			implementations might use a stored hash of representation content, a
			combination of various filesystem attributes, or a modification
			timestamp that has sub-second resolution.
			Origin servers SHOULD send ETag for any selected representation for
			which detection of changes can be reasonably and consistently
			determined, since the entity-tag's use in conditional requests and
			evaluating cache freshness ([Part6]) can result in a substantial
			reduction of HTTP network traffic and can be a significant factor in
			improving service scalability and reliability.
			2.2.2. Weak versus Strong
	Since both origin servers and caches will compare two validators to		Since both origin servers and caches will compare two validators to
	decide if they represent the same or different representations, one		decide if they indicate the same or different representations, one
	normally would expect that if the representation (including both		normally would expect that if the representation (including both
	representation header fields and representation body) changes in any		representation header fields and representation body) changes in any
	way, then the associated validator would change as well. If this is		way, then the associated validator would change as well. If this is
	true, then we call this validator a "strong validator".		true, then we call that validator a "strong validator". One example
			of a strong validator is an integer that is incremented in stable
			storage every time a representation is changed.
	However, there might be cases when a server prefers to change the		However, there might be cases when a server prefers to change the
	validator only on semantically significant changes, and not when		validator only when it desires cached representations to be
	insignificant aspects of the representation change. A validator that		invalidated. For example, the representation of a weather report
	does not always change when the representation changes is a "weak		that changes in content every second, based on dynamic measurements,
	validator".		might be grouped into sets of equivalent representations (from the
			origin server's perspective) in order to allow cached representations
			to be valid for a reasonable period of time (perhaps adjusted
			dynamically based on server load or weather quality). A validator
			that does not always change when the representation changes is a
			"weak validator".
	An entity-tag is normally a strong validator, but the protocol		One can think of a strong validator as part of an identifier for a
	provides a mechanism to tag an entity-tag as "weak". One can think		specific representation, whereas a weak validator is part of an
	of a strong validator as one that changes whenever the sequence of		identifier for a set of equivalent representations (where this notion
	bits in a representation changes, while a weak value changes whenever		of equivalence is entirely governed by the origin server and beyond
	the meaning of a representation changes. Alternatively, one can		the scope of this specification).
	think of a strong validator as part of an identifier for a specific
	representation, whereas a weak validator is part of an identifier for
	a set of semantically equivalent representations.
	Note: One example of a strong validator is an integer that is		An entity-tag is normally a strong validator, but the protocol
	incremented in stable storage every time a representation is		provides a mechanism to tag an entity-tag as "weak".
	changed.
	A representation's modification time, if defined with only one-		A representation's modification time, if defined with only one-
	second resolution, could be a weak validator, since it is possible		second resolution, could be a weak validator, since it is possible
	that the representation might be modified twice during a single		that the representation might be modified twice during a single
	second.		second.
	Support for weak validators is optional. However, weak validators		Support for weak validators is optional. However, weak validators
	allow for more efficient caching of equivalent objects; for		allow for more efficient caching of equivalent objects; for
	example, a hit counter on a site is probably good enough if it is		example, a hit counter on a site is probably good enough if it is
	updated every few days or weeks, and any value during that period		updated every few days or weeks, and any value during that period
	is likely "good enough" to be equivalent.		is likely "good enough" to be equivalent.
	A "use" of a validator is either when a client generates a request		A strong entity-tag MUST change whenever the associated
	and includes the validator in a validating header field, or when a		representation changes in any way. A weak entity-tag SHOULD change
	server compares two validators.		whenever the origin server considers prior representations to be
			unacceptable as a substitute for the current representation. In
			other words, a weak entity tag SHOULD change whenever the origin
			server wants caches to invalidate old responses.
	Strong validators are usable in any context. Weak validators are		A "strong entity-tag" MAY be shared by two representations of a
	only usable in contexts that do not depend on exact equality of a		resource only if they are equivalent by octet equality.
	representation. For example, either kind is usable for a normal
	conditional GET. However, only a strong validator is usable for a
	sub-range retrieval, since otherwise the client might end up with an
	internally inconsistent representation.
	Clients MUST NOT use weak validators in range requests ([Part5]).		A "weak entity-tag", indicated by the "W/" prefix, MAY be shared by
			two representations of a resource. A weak entity-tag can only be
			used for weak comparison.
	The only function that HTTP/1.1 defines on validators is comparison.		Cache entries might persist for arbitrarily long periods, regardless
	There are two validator comparison functions, depending on whether		of expiration times. Thus, a cache might attempt to validate an
			entry using a validator that it obtained in the distant past. A
			strong entity-tag MUST be unique across all versions of all
			representations associated with a particular resource over time.
			However, there is no implication of uniqueness across entity-tags of
			different resources (i.e., the same entity-tag value might be in use
			for representations of multiple resources at the same time and does
			not imply that those representations are equivalent).
			2.2.3. Comparison
			There are two entity-tag comparison functions, depending on whether
	the comparison context allows the use of weak validators or not:		the comparison context allows the use of weak validators or not:
	o The strong comparison function: in order to be considered equal,		o The strong comparison function: in order to be considered equal,
	both opaque-tags MUST be identical character-by-character, and		both opaque-tags MUST be identical character-by-character, and
	both MUST NOT be weak.		both MUST NOT be weak.
	o The weak comparison function: in order to be considered equal,		o The weak comparison function: in order to be considered equal,
	both opaque-tags MUST be identical character-by-character, but		both opaque-tags MUST be identical character-by-character, but
	either or both of them MAY be tagged as "weak" without affecting		either or both of them MAY be tagged as "weak" without affecting
	the result.		the result.
			A "use" of a validator is either when a client generates a request
			and includes the validator in a precondition, or when a server
			compares two validators.
			Strong validators are usable in any context. Weak validators are
			only usable in contexts that do not depend on exact equality of a
			representation. For example, either kind is usable for a normal
			conditional GET.
	The example below shows the results for a set of entity-tag pairs,		The example below shows the results for a set of entity-tag pairs,
	and both the weak and strong comparison function results:		and both the weak and strong comparison function results:
	+--------+--------+-------------------+-----------------+		+--------+--------+-------------------+-----------------+
	| ETag 1 | ETag 2 | Strong Comparison | Weak Comparison |		| ETag 1 | ETag 2 | Strong Comparison | Weak Comparison |
	+--------+--------+-------------------+-----------------+		+--------+--------+-------------------+-----------------+
	| W/"1" | W/"1" | no match | match |		| W/"1" | W/"1" | no match | match |
	| W/"1" | W/"2" | no match | no match |		| W/"1" | W/"2" | no match | no match |
	| W/"1" | "1" | no match | match |		| W/"1" | "1" | no match | match |
	| "1" | "1" | match | match |		| "1" | "1" | match | match |
	+--------+--------+-------------------+-----------------+		+--------+--------+-------------------+-----------------+
	An entity-tag is strong unless it is explicitly tagged as weak.		An entity-tag is strong unless it is explicitly tagged as weak.
	Section 2 gives the syntax for entity-tags.
	A Last-Modified time, when used as a validator in a request, is		2.2.4. Rules for When to Use Entity-tags and Last-Modified Dates
	implicitly weak unless it is possible to deduce that it is strong,
	using the following rules:
	o The validator is being compared by an origin server to the actual
	current validator for the representation and,
	o That origin server reliably knows that the associated
	representation did not change twice during the second covered by
	the presented validator.
	or
	o The validator is about to be used by a client in an If-Modified-
	Since or If-Unmodified-Since header field, because the client has
	a cache entry for the associated representation, and
	o That cache entry includes a Date value, which gives the time when
	the origin server sent the original response, and
	o The presented Last-Modified time is at least 60 seconds before the
	Date value.
	or
	o The validator is being compared by an intermediate cache to the
	validator stored in its cache entry for the representation, and
	o That cache entry includes a Date value, which gives the time when
	the origin server sent the original response, and
	o The presented Last-Modified time is at least 60 seconds before the
	Date value.
	This method relies on the fact that if two different responses were
	sent by the origin server during the same second, but both had the
	same Last-Modified time, then at least one of those responses would
	have a Date value equal to its Last-Modified time. The arbitrary 60-
	second limit guards against the possibility that the Date and Last-
	Modified values are generated from different clocks, or at somewhat
	different times during the preparation of the response. An
	implementation MAY use a value larger than 60 seconds, if it is
	believed that 60 seconds is too short.
	If a client wishes to perform a sub-range retrieval on a value for
	which it has only a Last-Modified time and no opaque validator, it
	MAY do this only if the Last-Modified time is strong in the sense
	described here.
	A cache or origin server receiving a conditional range request
	([Part5]) MUST use the strong comparison function to evaluate the
	condition.
	These rules allow HTTP/1.1 caches and clients to safely perform sub-
	range retrievals on values that have been obtained from HTTP/1.0
	servers.
	5. Rules for When to Use Entity-tags and Last-Modified Dates
	We adopt a set of rules and recommendations for origin servers,		We adopt a set of rules and recommendations for origin servers,
	clients, and caches regarding when various validator types ought to		clients, and caches regarding when various validator types ought to
	be used, and for what purposes.		be used, and for what purposes.
	HTTP/1.1 origin servers:		HTTP/1.1 origin servers:
	o SHOULD send an entity-tag validator unless it is not feasible to		o SHOULD send an entity-tag validator unless it is not feasible to
	generate one.		generate one.
	o MAY send a weak entity-tag instead of a strong entity-tag, if		o MAY send a weak entity-tag instead of a strong entity-tag, if
	performance considerations support the use of weak entity-tags, or		performance considerations support the use of weak entity-tags, or
	if it is unfeasible to send a strong entity-tag.		if it is unfeasible to send a strong entity-tag.
	o SHOULD send a Last-Modified value if it is feasible to send one,		o SHOULD send a Last-Modified value if it is feasible to send one.
	unless the risk of a breakdown in semantic transparency that could
	result from using this date in an If-Modified-Since header field
	would lead to serious problems.
	In other words, the preferred behavior for an HTTP/1.1 origin server		In other words, the preferred behavior for an HTTP/1.1 origin server
	is to send both a strong entity-tag and a Last-Modified value.		is to send both a strong entity-tag and a Last-Modified value.
	In order to be legitimate, a strong entity-tag MUST change whenever
	the associated representation changes in any way. A weak entity-tag
	SHOULD change whenever the associated representation changes in a
	semantically significant way.
	Note: In order to provide semantically transparent caching, an
	origin server must avoid reusing a specific strong entity-tag
	value for two different representations, or reusing a specific
	weak entity-tag value for two semantically different
	representations. Cache entries might persist for arbitrarily long
	periods, regardless of expiration times, so it might be
	inappropriate to expect that a cache will never again attempt to
	validate an entry using a validator that it obtained at some point
	in the past.
	HTTP/1.1 clients:		HTTP/1.1 clients:
	o MUST use that entity-tag in any cache-conditional request (using		o MUST use that entity-tag in any cache-conditional request (using
	If-Match or If-None-Match) if an entity-tag has been provided by		If-Match or If-None-Match) if an entity-tag has been provided by
	the origin server.		the origin server.
	o SHOULD use the Last-Modified value in non-subrange cache-		o SHOULD use the Last-Modified value in non-subrange cache-
	conditional requests (using If-Modified-Since) if only a Last-		conditional requests (using If-Modified-Since) if only a Last-
	Modified value has been provided by the origin server.		Modified value has been provided by the origin server.
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	conservative assumptions about the validators they receive.		conservative assumptions about the validators they receive.
	HTTP/1.0 clients and caches might ignore entity-tags. Generally,		HTTP/1.0 clients and caches might ignore entity-tags. Generally,
	last-modified values received or used by these systems will		last-modified values received or used by these systems will
	support transparent and efficient caching, and so HTTP/1.1 origin		support transparent and efficient caching, and so HTTP/1.1 origin
	servers should provide Last-Modified values. In those rare cases		servers should provide Last-Modified values. In those rare cases
	where the use of a Last-Modified value as a validator by an		where the use of a Last-Modified value as a validator by an
	HTTP/1.0 system could result in a serious problem, then HTTP/1.1		HTTP/1.0 system could result in a serious problem, then HTTP/1.1
	origin servers should not provide one.		origin servers should not provide one.
	6. Header Field Definitions		2.2.5. Example: Entity-tags varying on Content-Negotiated Resources
	This section defines the syntax and semantics of HTTP/1.1 header		Consider a resource that is subject to content negotiation (Section 5
	fields related to conditional requests.		of [Part3]), and where the representations returned upon a GET
			request vary based on the Accept-Encoding request header field
			(Section 6.3 of [Part3]):
	6.1. ETag		>> Request:
	The "ETag" header field provides the current value of the entity-tag		GET /index HTTP/1.1
	(see Section 2) for one representation of the target resource. An		Host: www.example.com
	entity-tag is intended for use as a resource-local identifier for		Accept-Encoding: gzip
	differentiating between representations of the same resource that
	vary over time or via content negotiation (see Section 4).
	ETag = "ETag" ":" OWS ETag-v		In this case, the response might or might not use the gzip content
	ETag-v = entity-tag		coding. If it does not, the response might look like:
	Examples:		>> Response:
	ETag: "xyzzy"		HTTP/1.1 200 OK
	ETag: W/"xyzzy"		Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2010 00:05:00 GMT
	ETag: ""		ETag: "123-a"
			Content-Length: 70
			Vary: Accept-Encoding
			Content-Type: text/plain
	An entity-tag provides an "opaque" cache validator that allows for		Hello World!
	more reliable validation than modification dates in situations where		Hello World!
	it is inconvenient to store modification dates, where the one-second		Hello World!
	resolution of HTTP date values is not sufficient, or where the origin		Hello World!
	server wishes to avoid certain paradoxes that might arise from the		Hello World!
	use of modification dates.
	The principle behind entity-tags is that only the service author		An alternative representation that does use gzip content coding would
	knows the semantics of a resource well enough to select an		be:
	appropriate cache validation mechanism, and the specification of any
	validator comparison function more complex than byte-equality would
	open up a can of worms. Thus, comparisons of any other header fields
	(except Last-Modified, for compatibility with HTTP/1.0) are never
	used for purposes of validating a cache entry.
	6.2. If-Match		>> Response:
	The "If-Match" header field is used to make a request method		HTTP/1.1 200 OK
	conditional. A client that has one or more representations		Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2010 00:05:00 GMT
	previously obtained from the resource can verify that one of those		ETag: "123-b"
	representations is current by including a list of their associated		Content-Length: 43
	entity-tags in the If-Match header field.		Vary: Accept-Encoding
			Content-Type: text/plain
			Content-Encoding: gzip
	This allows efficient updates of cached information with a minimum		...binary data...
	amount of transaction overhead. It is also used when updating
	resources, to prevent inadvertent modification of the wrong version
	of a resource. As a special case, the value "*" matches any current
	representation of the resource.
	If-Match = "If-Match" ":" OWS If-Match-v		Note: Content codings are a property of the representation, so
	If-Match-v = "*" / 1#entity-tag		therefore an entity-tag of an encoded representation must be
			distinct from an unencoded representation to prevent conflicts
			during cache updates and range requests. In contrast, transfer
			codings (Section 6.2 of [Part1]) apply only during message
			transfer and do not require distinct entity-tags.
	If any of the entity-tags match the entity-tag of the representation		3. Precondition Header Fields
	that would have been returned in the response to a similar GET
	request (without the If-Match header field) on that resource, or if		This section defines the syntax and semantics of HTTP/1.1 header
	"*" is given and any current representation exists for that resource,		fields for applying preconditions on requests.
	then the server MAY perform the requested method as if the If-Match
	header field did not exist.		3.1. If-Match
			The "If-Match" header field MAY be used to make a request method
			conditional on the current existence or value of an entity-tag for
			one or more representations of the target resource. If-Match is
			generally useful for resource update requests, such as PUT requests,
			as a means for protecting against accidental overwrites when multiple
			clients are acting in parallel on the same resource (i.e., the "lost
			update" problem). An If-Match field-value of "*" places the
			precondition on the existence of any current representation for the
			target resource.
			If-Match = "*" / 1#entity-tag
			If any of the entity-tags listed in the If-Match field value match
			(as per Section 2.2.3) the entity-tag of the selected representation
			for the target resource, or if "*" is given and any current
			representation exists for the target resource, then the server MAY
			perform the request method as if the If-Match header field was not
			present.
	If none of the entity-tags match, or if "*" is given and no current		If none of the entity-tags match, or if "*" is given and no current
	representation exists, the server MUST NOT perform the requested		representation exists, the server MUST NOT perform the requested
	method, and MUST return a 412 (Precondition Failed) response. This		method. Instead, the server MUST respond with the 412 (Precondition
	behavior is most useful when the client wants to prevent an updating		Failed) status code.
	request method, such as PUT, from modifying a resource that has
	changed since the client last retrieved it.
	If the request would, without the If-Match header field, result in		If the request would, without the If-Match header field, result in
	anything other than a 2xx or 412 status code, then the If-Match		anything other than a 2xx or 412 status code, then the If-Match
	header field MUST be ignored.		header field MUST be ignored.
	The meaning of "If-Match: *" is that the request method SHOULD be		Examples:
	performed if the representation selected by the origin server (or by
	a cache, possibly using the Vary mechanism, see Section 3.5 of
	[Part6]) exists, and MUST NOT be performed if the representation does
	not exist.
	A request intended to update a resource (e.g., a PUT) MAY include an
	If-Match header field to signal that the request method MUST NOT be
	applied if the representation corresponding to the If-Match value (a
	single entity-tag) is no longer a representation of that resource.
	This allows the user to indicate that they do not wish the request to
	be successful if the resource has been changed without their
	knowledge. Examples:
	If-Match: "xyzzy"		If-Match: "xyzzy"
	If-Match: "xyzzy", "r2d2xxxx", "c3piozzzz"		If-Match: "xyzzy", "r2d2xxxx", "c3piozzzz"
	If-Match: *		If-Match: *
	The result of a request having both an If-Match header field and		The result of a request having both an If-Match header field and
	either an If-None-Match or an If-Modified-Since header fields is		either an If-None-Match or an If-Modified-Since header fields is
	undefined by this specification.		undefined by this specification.
	6.3. If-Modified-Since		3.2. If-None-Match
	The "If-Modified-Since" header field is used to make a request method		The "If-None-Match" header field MAY be used to make a request method
	conditional by date: if the representation that would have been		conditional on not matching any of the current entity-tag values for
	transferred in a 200 response to a GET request has not been modified		representations of the target resource. If-None-Match is primarily
	since the time specified in this field, then do not perform the		used in conditional GET requests to enable efficient updates of
	method; instead, respond as detailed below.		cached information with a minimum amount of transaction overhead. A
			client that has one or more representations previously obtained from
			the target resource can send If-None-Match with a list of the
			associated entity-tags in the hope of receiving a 304 response if at
			least one of those representations matches the selected
			representation.
	If-Modified-Since = "If-Modified-Since" ":" OWS		If-None-Match MAY also be used with a value of "*" to prevent an
	If-Modified-Since-v		unsafe request method (e.g., PUT) from inadvertently modifying an
	If-Modified-Since-v = HTTP-date		existing representation of the target resource when the client
			believes that the resource does not have a current representation.
			This is a variation on the "lost update" problem that might arise if
			more than one client attempts to create an initial representation for
			the target resource.
			If-None-Match = "*" / 1#entity-tag
			If any of the entity-tags listed in the If-None-Match field-value
			match (as per Section 2.2.3) the entity-tag of the selected
			representation, or if "*" is given and any current representation
			exists for that resource, then the server MUST NOT perform the
			requested method. Instead, if the request method was GET or HEAD,
			the server SHOULD respond with a 304 (Not Modified) status code,
			including the cache-related header fields (particularly ETag) of the
			selected representation that has a matching entity-tag. For all
			other request methods, the server MUST respond with a 412
			(Precondition Failed) status code.
			If none of the entity-tags match, then the server MAY perform the
			requested method as if the If-None-Match header field did not exist,
			but MUST also ignore any If-Modified-Since header field(s) in the
			request. That is, if no entity-tags match, then the server MUST NOT
			return a 304 (Not Modified) response.
			If the request would, without the If-None-Match header field, result
			in anything other than a 2xx or 304 status code, then the If-None-
			Match header field MUST be ignored. (See Section 2.2.4 for a
			discussion of server behavior when both If-Modified-Since and If-
			None-Match appear in the same request.)
			Examples:
			If-None-Match: "xyzzy"
			If-None-Match: W/"xyzzy"
			If-None-Match: "xyzzy", "r2d2xxxx", "c3piozzzz"
			If-None-Match: W/"xyzzy", W/"r2d2xxxx", W/"c3piozzzz"
			If-None-Match: *
			The result of a request having both an If-None-Match header field and
			either an If-Match or an If-Unmodified-Since header fields is
			undefined by this specification.
			3.3. If-Modified-Since
			The "If-Modified-Since" header field MAY be used to make a request
			method conditional by modification date: if the selected
			representation has not been modified since the time specified in this
			field, then do not perform the request method; instead, respond as
			detailed below.
			If-Modified-Since = HTTP-date
	An example of the field is:		An example of the field is:
	If-Modified-Since: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:31 GMT		If-Modified-Since: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:31 GMT
	A GET method with an If-Modified-Since header field and no Range		A GET method with an If-Modified-Since header field and no Range
	header field requests that the representation be transferred only if		header field requests that the selected representation be transferred
	it has been modified since the date given by the If-Modified-Since		only if it has been modified since the date given by the If-Modified-
	header field. The algorithm for determining this includes the		Since header field. The algorithm for determining this includes the
	following cases:		following cases:
	1. If the request would normally result in anything other than a 200		1. If the request would normally result in anything other than a 200
	(OK) status code, or if the passed If-Modified-Since date is		(OK) status code, or if the passed If-Modified-Since date is
	invalid, the response is exactly the same as for a normal GET. A		invalid, the response is exactly the same as for a normal GET. A
	date which is later than the server's current time is invalid.		date which is later than the server's current time is invalid.
	2. If the representation has been modified since the If-Modified-		2. If the selected representation has been modified since the If-
	Since date, the response is exactly the same as for a normal GET.		Modified-Since date, the response is exactly the same as for a
			normal GET.
	3. If the representation has not been modified since a valid If-		3. If the selected representation has not been modified since a
	Modified-Since date, the server SHOULD return a 304 (Not		valid If-Modified-Since date, the server SHOULD return a 304 (Not
	Modified) response.		Modified) response.
	The purpose of this feature is to allow efficient updates of cached		The purpose of this feature is to allow efficient updates of cached
	information with a minimum amount of transaction overhead.		information with a minimum amount of transaction overhead.
	Note: The Range header field modifies the meaning of If-Modified-		Note: The Range header field modifies the meaning of If-Modified-
	Since; see Section 5.4 of [Part5] for full details.		Since; see Section 5.4 of [Part5] for full details.
	Note: If-Modified-Since times are interpreted by the server, whose		Note: If-Modified-Since times are interpreted by the server, whose
	clock might not be synchronized with the client.		clock might not be synchronized with the client.
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	Modified-Since date of a subsequent request, and the possibility		Modified-Since date of a subsequent request, and the possibility
	of clock-skew-related problems if the If-Modified-Since date is		of clock-skew-related problems if the If-Modified-Since date is
	derived from the client's clock without correction to the server's		derived from the client's clock without correction to the server's
	clock. Corrections for different time bases between client and		clock. Corrections for different time bases between client and
	server are at best approximate due to network latency.		server are at best approximate due to network latency.
	The result of a request having both an If-Modified-Since header field		The result of a request having both an If-Modified-Since header field
	and either an If-Match or an If-Unmodified-Since header fields is		and either an If-Match or an If-Unmodified-Since header fields is
	undefined by this specification.		undefined by this specification.
	6.4. If-None-Match		3.4. If-Unmodified-Since
	The "If-None-Match" header field is used to make a request method
	conditional. A client that has one or more representations
	previously obtained from the resource can verify that none of those
	representations is current by including a list of their associated
	entity-tags in the If-None-Match header field.
	This allows efficient updates of cached information with a minimum
	amount of transaction overhead. It is also used to prevent a request
	method (e.g., PUT) from inadvertently modifying an existing resource
	when the client believes that the resource does not exist.
	As a special case, the value "*" matches any current representation
	of the resource.
	If-None-Match = "If-None-Match" ":" OWS If-None-Match-v
	If-None-Match-v = "*" / 1#entity-tag
	If any of the entity-tags match the entity-tag of the representation
	that would have been returned in the response to a similar GET
	request (without the If-None-Match header field) on that resource, or
	if "*" is given and any current representation exists for that
	resource, then the server MUST NOT perform the requested method,
	unless required to do so because the resource's modification date
	fails to match that supplied in an If-Modified-Since header field in
	the request. Instead, if the request method was GET or HEAD, the
	server SHOULD respond with a 304 (Not Modified) response, including
	the cache-related header fields (particularly ETag) of one of the
	representations that matched. For all other request methods, the
	server MUST respond with a 412 (Precondition Failed) status code.
	If none of the entity-tags match, then the server MAY perform the
	requested method as if the If-None-Match header field did not exist,
	but MUST also ignore any If-Modified-Since header field(s) in the
	request. That is, if no entity-tags match, then the server MUST NOT
	return a 304 (Not Modified) response.
	If the request would, without the If-None-Match header field, result
	in anything other than a 2xx or 304 status code, then the If-None-
	Match header field MUST be ignored. (See Section 5 for a discussion
	of server behavior when both If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match
	appear in the same request.)
	The meaning of "If-None-Match: *" is that the request method MUST NOT
	be performed if the representation selected by the origin server (or
	by a cache, possibly using the Vary mechanism, see Section 3.5 of
	[Part6]) exists, and SHOULD be performed if the representation does
	not exist. This feature is intended to be useful in preventing races
	between PUT operations.
	Examples:
	If-None-Match: "xyzzy"
	If-None-Match: W/"xyzzy"
	If-None-Match: "xyzzy", "r2d2xxxx", "c3piozzzz"
	If-None-Match: W/"xyzzy", W/"r2d2xxxx", W/"c3piozzzz"
	If-None-Match: *
	The result of a request having both an If-None-Match header field and
	either an If-Match or an If-Unmodified-Since header fields is
	undefined by this specification.
	6.5. If-Unmodified-Since
	The "If-Unmodified-Since" header field is used to make a request
	method conditional. If the representation that would have been
	transferred in a 200 response to a GET request on the same resource
	has not been modified since the time specified in this field, the
	server SHOULD perform the requested operation as if the If-
	Unmodified-Since header field were not present.
	If the representation has been modified since the specified time, the		The "If-Unmodified-Since" header field MAY be used to make a request
	server MUST NOT perform the requested operation, and MUST return a		method conditional by modification date: if the selected
	412 (Precondition Failed).		representation has been modified since the time specified in this
			field, then the server MUST NOT perform the requested operation and
			MUST instead respond with the 412 (Precondition Failed) status code.
			If the selected representation has not been modified since the time
			specified in this field, the server SHOULD perform the request method
			as if the If-Unmodified-Since header field were not present.
	If-Unmodified-Since = "If-Unmodified-Since" ":" OWS		If-Unmodified-Since = HTTP-date
	If-Unmodified-Since-v
	If-Unmodified-Since-v = HTTP-date
	An example of the field is:		An example of the field is:
	If-Unmodified-Since: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:31 GMT		If-Unmodified-Since: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:31 GMT
	If the request normally (i.e., without the If-Unmodified-Since header		If the request normally (i.e., without the If-Unmodified-Since header
	field) would result in anything other than a 2xx or 412 status code,		field) would result in anything other than a 2xx or 412 status code,
	the If-Unmodified-Since header field SHOULD be ignored.		the If-Unmodified-Since header field SHOULD be ignored.
	If the specified date is invalid, the header field is ignored.		If the specified date is invalid, the header field MUST be ignored.
	The result of a request having both an If-Unmodified-Since header		The result of a request having both an If-Unmodified-Since header
	field and either an If-None-Match or an If-Modified-Since header		field and either an If-None-Match or an If-Modified-Since header
	fields is undefined by this specification.		fields is undefined by this specification.
	6.6. Last-Modified		3.5. If-Range
	The "Last-Modified" header field indicates the date and time at which		The If-Range header field provides a special conditional request
	the origin server believes the representation was last modified.		mechanism that is similar to If-Match and If-Unmodified-Since but
			specific to HTTP range requests. If-Range is defined in Section 5.3
			of [Part5].
	Last-Modified = "Last-Modified" ":" OWS Last-Modified-v		4. Status Code Definitions
	Last-Modified-v = HTTP-date
	An example of its use is		4.1. 304 Not Modified
	Last-Modified: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 12:45:26 GMT		The 304 status code indicates that a conditional GET request has been
			received and would have resulted in a 200 (OK) response if it were
			not for the fact that the condition has evaluated to false. In other
			words, there is no need for the server to transfer a representation
			of the target resource because the client's request indicates that it
			already has a valid representation, as indicated by the 304 response
			header fields, and is therefore redirecting the client to make use of
			that stored representation as if it were the payload of a 200
			response. The 304 response MUST NOT contain a message-body, and thus
			is always terminated by the first empty line after the header fields.
	A representation is typically the sum of many parts behind the		A 304 response MUST include a Date header field (Section 9.3 of
	resource interface. The last-modified time would usually be the most		[Part1]) unless its omission is required by Section 9.3.1 of [Part1].
	recent time that any of those parts were changed. How that value is		If a 200 response to the same request would have included any of the
	determined for any given resource is an implementation detail beyond		header fields Cache-Control, Content-Location, ETag, Expires, Last-
	the scope of this specification. What matters to HTTP is how		Modified, or Vary, then those same header fields MUST be sent in a
	recipients of the Last-Modified header field can use its value to		304 response.
	make conditional requests and test the validity of locally cached
	responses.
	An origin server MUST NOT send a Last-Modified date which is later		Since the goal of a 304 response is to minimize information transfer
	than the server's time of message origination. In such cases, where		when the recipient already has one or more cached representations,
	the resource's last modification would indicate some time in the		the response SHOULD NOT include representation metadata other than
	future, the server MUST replace that date with the message		the above listed fields unless said metadata exists for the purpose
	origination date.		of guiding cache updates (e.g., future HTTP extensions).
	An origin server SHOULD obtain the Last-Modified value of the		If the recipient of a 304 response does not have a cached
	representation as close as possible to the time that it generates the		representation corresponding to the entity-tag indicated by the 304
	Date value of its response. This allows a recipient to make an		response, then the recipient MUST NOT use the 304 to update its own
	accurate assessment of the representation's modification time,		cache. If this conditional request originated with an outbound
	especially if the representation changes near the time that the		client, such as a user agent with its own cache sending a conditional
	response is generated.		GET to a shared proxy, then the 304 response MAY be forwarded to the
			outbound client. Otherwise, the recipient MUST disregard the 304
			response and repeat the request without any preconditions.
	HTTP/1.1 servers SHOULD send Last-Modified whenever feasible.		If a cache uses a received 304 response to update a cache entry, the
			cache MUST update the entry to reflect any new field values given in
			the response.
	The Last-Modified header field value is often used as a cache		4.2. 412 Precondition Failed
	validator. In simple terms, a cache entry is considered to be valid
	if the representation has not been modified since the Last-Modified
	value.
	7. IANA Considerations		The 412 status code indicates that one or more preconditions given in
			the request header fields evaluated to false when tested on the
			server. This response code allows the client to place preconditions
			on the current resource state (its current representations and
			metadata) and thus prevent the request method from being applied if
			the target resource is in an unexpected state.
	7.1. Status Code Registration		5. IANA Considerations
			5.1. Status Code Registration
	The HTTP Status Code Registry located at		The HTTP Status Code Registry located at
	<http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes> shall be updated		<http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes> shall be updated
	with the registrations below:		with the registrations below:
	+-------+---------------------+-------------+		+-------+---------------------+-------------+
	| Value | Description | Reference |		| Value | Description | Reference |
	+-------+---------------------+-------------+		+-------+---------------------+-------------+
	| 304 | Not Modified | Section 3.1 |		| 304 | Not Modified | Section 4.1 |
	| 412 | Precondition Failed | Section 3.2 |		| 412 | Precondition Failed | Section 4.2 |
	+-------+---------------------+-------------+		+-------+---------------------+-------------+
	7.2. Header Field Registration		5.2. Header Field Registration
	The Message Header Field Registry located at <http://www.iana.org/		The Message Header Field Registry located at <http://www.iana.org/
	assignments/message-headers/message-header-index.html> shall be		assignments/message-headers/message-header-index.html> shall be
	updated with the permanent registrations below (see [RFC3864]):		updated with the permanent registrations below (see [RFC3864]):
	+---------------------+----------+----------+-------------+		+---------------------+----------+----------+-------------+
	| Header Field Name | Protocol | Status | Reference |		| Header Field Name | Protocol | Status | Reference |
	+---------------------+----------+----------+-------------+		+---------------------+----------+----------+-------------+
	| ETag | http | standard | Section 6.1 |		| ETag | http | standard | Section 2.2 |
	| If-Match | http | standard | Section 6.2 |		| If-Match | http | standard | Section 3.1 |
	| If-Modified-Since | http | standard | Section 6.3 |		| If-Modified-Since | http | standard | Section 3.3 |
	| If-None-Match | http | standard | Section 6.4 |		| If-None-Match | http | standard | Section 3.2 |
	| If-Unmodified-Since | http | standard | Section 6.5 |		| If-Unmodified-Since | http | standard | Section 3.4 |
	| Last-Modified | http | standard | Section 6.6 |		| Last-Modified | http | standard | Section 2.1 |
	+---------------------+----------+----------+-------------+		+---------------------+----------+----------+-------------+
	The change controller is: "IETF (iesg@ietf.org) - Internet		The change controller is: "IETF (iesg@ietf.org) - Internet
	Engineering Task Force".		Engineering Task Force".
	8. Security Considerations		6. Security Considerations
	No additional security considerations have been identified beyond		No additional security considerations have been identified beyond
	those applicable to HTTP in general [Part1].		those applicable to HTTP in general [Part1].
	9. Acknowledgments		7. Acknowledgments
	10. References		8. References
	10.1. Normative References		8.1. Normative References
	[Part1] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,		[Part1] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,
	Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed.,		Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed.,
	and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections,		and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections,
	and Message Parsing", draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-13		and Message Parsing", draft-ietf-httpbis-p1-messaging-14
	(work in progress), March 2011.		(work in progress), April 2011.
	[Part3] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,		[Part3] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,
	Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed.,		Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed.,
	and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload		and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload
	and Content Negotiation", draft-ietf-httpbis-p3-payload-13		and Content Negotiation", draft-ietf-httpbis-p3-payload-14
	(work in progress), March 2011.		(work in progress), April 2011.
	[Part5] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,		[Part5] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,
	Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed.,		Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed.,
	and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and		and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and
	Partial Responses", draft-ietf-httpbis-p5-range-13 (work		Partial Responses", draft-ietf-httpbis-p5-range-14 (work
	in progress), March 2011.		in progress), April 2011.
	[Part6] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,		[Part6] Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,
	Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed.,		Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed.,
	Nottingham, M., Ed., and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part		Nottingham, M., Ed., and J. Reschke, Ed., "HTTP/1.1, part
	6: Caching", draft-ietf-httpbis-p6-cache-13 (work in		6: Caching", draft-ietf-httpbis-p6-cache-14 (work in
	progress), March 2011.		progress), April 2011.
	[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate		[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
	Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.		Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
	[RFC5234] Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax		[RFC5234] Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
	Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, January 2008.		Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, January 2008.
	10.2. Informative References		8.2. Informative References
	[RFC2616] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,		[RFC2616] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,
	Masinter, L., Leach, P., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext		Masinter, L., Leach, P., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext
	Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999.		Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999.
	[RFC3864] Klyne, G., Nottingham, M., and J. Mogul, "Registration		[RFC3864] Klyne, G., Nottingham, M., and J. Mogul, "Registration
	Procedures for Message Header Fields", BCP 90, RFC 3864,		Procedures for Message Header Fields", BCP 90, RFC 3864,
	September 2004.		September 2004.
			[RFC4918] Dusseault, L., Ed., "HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed
			Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)", RFC 4918, June 2007.
	Appendix A. Changes from RFC 2616		Appendix A. Changes from RFC 2616
	Allow weak entity-tags in all requests except range requests		Allow weak entity-tags in all requests except range requests
	(Sections 4 and 6.4).		(Sections 2.2.2 and 3.2).
			Change ABNF productions for header fields to only define the field
			value. (Section 3)
	Appendix B. Collected ABNF		Appendix B. Collected ABNF
	ETag = "ETag:" OWS ETag-v		ETag = entity-tag
	ETag-v = entity-tag
	HTTP-date = <HTTP-date, defined in [Part1], Section 6.1>		HTTP-date = <HTTP-date, defined in [Part1], Section 6.1>
	If-Match = "If-Match:" OWS If-Match-v		If-Match = "*" / ( *( "," OWS ) entity-tag *( OWS "," [ OWS
	If-Match-v = "*" / ( *( "," OWS ) entity-tag *( OWS "," [ OWS
	entity-tag ] ) )		entity-tag ] ) )
	If-Modified-Since = "If-Modified-Since:" OWS If-Modified-Since-v		If-Modified-Since = HTTP-date
	If-Modified-Since-v = HTTP-date		If-None-Match = "*" / ( *( "," OWS ) entity-tag *( OWS "," [ OWS
	If-None-Match = "If-None-Match:" OWS If-None-Match-v
	If-None-Match-v = "*" / ( *( "," OWS ) entity-tag *( OWS "," [ OWS
	entity-tag ] ) )		entity-tag ] ) )
	If-Unmodified-Since = "If-Unmodified-Since:" OWS		If-Unmodified-Since = HTTP-date
	If-Unmodified-Since-v
	If-Unmodified-Since-v = HTTP-date
	Last-Modified = "Last-Modified:" OWS Last-Modified-v		Last-Modified = HTTP-date
	Last-Modified-v = HTTP-date
	OWS = <OWS, defined in [Part1], Section 1.2.2>		OWS = <OWS, defined in [Part1], Section 1.2.2>
	entity-tag = [ weak ] opaque-tag		entity-tag = [ weak ] opaque-tag
	opaque-tag = quoted-string		opaque-tag = quoted-string
	quoted-string = <quoted-string, defined in [Part1], Section 1.2.2>		quoted-string = <quoted-string, defined in [Part1], Section 1.2.2>
	weak = %x57.2F ; W/		weak = %x57.2F ; W/
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	None.		None.
	C.14. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-12		C.14. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-12
	Closed issues:		Closed issues:
	o <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/224>: "Header		o <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/224>: "Header
	Classification"		Classification"
			C.15. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-p4-conditional-13
			Closed issues:
			o <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/89>: "If-* and
			entities"
			o <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/101>: "Definition of
			validator weakness"
			o <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/276>: "untangle
			ABNFs for header fields"
			o <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/269>: "ETags and
			Quotes"
	Index		Index
	3		3
	304 Not Modified (status code) 8		304 Not Modified (status code) 18
	4		4
	412 Precondition Failed (status code) 8		412 Precondition Failed (status code) 19
	E		E
	ETag header field 13		ETag header field 8
	G		G
	Grammar		Grammar
	entity-tag 6		entity-tag 8
	ETag 13		ETag 8
	ETag-v 13
	If-Match 14		If-Match 14
	If-Match-v 14		If-Modified-Since 16
	If-Modified-Since 15		If-None-Match 15
	If-Modified-Since-v 15
	If-None-Match 17
	If-None-Match-v 17
	If-Unmodified-Since 18		If-Unmodified-Since 18
	If-Unmodified-Since-v 18		Last-Modified 6
	Last-Modified 19		opaque-tag 8
	Last-Modified-v 19		weak 8
	opaque-tag 6
	weak 6
	H		H
	Header Fields		Header Fields
	ETag 13		ETag 8
	If-Match 14		If-Match 14
	If-Modified-Since 15		If-Modified-Since 16
	If-None-Match 17		If-None-Match 15
	If-Unmodified-Since 18		If-Unmodified-Since 18
	Last-Modified 19		Last-Modified 6
	I		I
	If-Match header field 14		If-Match header field 14
	If-Modified-Since header field 15		If-Modified-Since header field 16
	If-None-Match header field 17		If-None-Match header field 15
	If-Unmodified-Since header field 18		If-Unmodified-Since header field 18
	L		L
	Last-Modified header field 19		Last-Modified header field 6
			M
			metadata 6
	S		S
			selected representation 5
	Status Codes		Status Codes
	304 Not Modified 8		304 Not Modified 18
	412 Precondition Failed 8		412 Precondition Failed 19
			V
			validator 6
	Authors' Addresses		Authors' Addresses
	Roy T. Fielding (editor)		Roy T. Fielding (editor)
	Adobe Systems Incorporated		Adobe Systems Incorporated
	345 Park Ave		345 Park Ave
	San Jose, CA 95110		San Jose, CA 95110
	USA		USA
	EMail: fielding@gbiv.com		EMail: fielding@gbiv.com
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