Universal Profilign for Content Negotiation and Adaptation: slide 6

W3C Delivery Context Workshop

Client Description in HTTP

Clients description in HTTP (HTTP 1.0 and TCN):

Content server(Negotiation module HTTP 1.0) --- Proxy cache --- Proxy cache --- User agent (Negotiation module TCN)

Problems:

Sending huge accept head requests
Accept head doesn’t give a good client description
Clients have limited processing powers and can’t performs the negotiation tasks (HTTP/1.0)

Universal Profiling for content Negotiation and Adaptation, March 2002 (T. Lemlouma)