Re: Open Questions on using the Atom Feed Format for search results

[Eric Scheid <eric.scheid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 29/9/05 9:37 AM, "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   If none of the entity tags match, or if "*" is given and no current
>   entity exists, the server MUST NOT perform the requested method, and
>   MUST return a 412 (Precondition Failed) response. This behavior is
>   most useful when the client wants to prevent an updating method, such
>   as PUT, from modifying a resource that has changed since the client
>   last retrieved it.

As I understand it, an entity is a lower class of animal than a resource,
and thus a PUT to a deleted resource should result in 410 Gone. In other
words "the thing you are looking for is entirely gone, so I'm not even going
to bother checking for the particular edition you specified"

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