Re: Typo, and what if no app:categories?

[James M Snell <jasnell@xxxxxxxxx>]

A lack of app:categories should mean that it's unspecified.  The client
cannot predict what the server will do.

- James

Tim Bray wrote:
> 
> There's a typo in protocol-12 in 6.1 "A Category Document (Section 7)
> contain lists of categories " - should be "contains", check almost
> identical sentence at top of section 7.
> 
> But (question) what if it doesn't?  If I fetch a service doc with a
> collection with no <app:categories>, does that mean the server is
> suggesting that I can post any category I want, or that I can't post any
> category at all?
> 
> I suggest the former.
> 
> I think we have to make up our minds.
> 
>  -Tim
> 
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