ISSUE-16

Default behavior

State:
CLOSED
Product:
Recipes
Raised by:
Jon Phipps
Opened on:
2007-02-13
Description:
http://www.w3.org/TR/swbp-vocab-pub/#default
Currently says: "Performing content negotiation based on the value of the
'User-agent:' header field is not generally considered good practice, @@TODO why."
Related emails:
  1. [RECIPES] 'Issue 1.3' (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-09-15)
  2. [ALL] Agenda - Sep 18 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-09-15)
  3. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Sep 18 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from qreul@csd.abdn.ac.uk on 2007-09-18)
  4. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Sep 18 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from aisaac@few.vu.nl on 2007-09-18)
  5. [ALL] agenda 25 Sep telecon - 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-09-24)
  6. RE: [ALL] agenda 25 Sep telecon - 1500 UTC (from michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at on 2007-09-24)
  7. RE: [ALL] agenda 25 Sep telecon - 1500 UTC (from vit.novacek@deri.org on 2007-09-24)
  8. Re: [ALL] agenda 25 Sep telecon - 1500 UTC (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2007-09-24)
  9. Meeting record: 2007-09-25 (from qreul@csd.abdn.ac.uk on 2007-09-25)
  10. [ALL] Report - 2007-09-25 SWD telecon - with Amsterdam schedule (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-09-25)
  11. Regrets - Re: [ALL] agenda 8 Jan telecon 1600 UTC (from juth@loc.gov on 2008-01-08)
  12. [ALL] agenda 8 Jan telecon 1600 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-01-07)
  13. Meeting record: 2007-12-18 SWD telecon (from sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk on 2007-12-20)
  14. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Dec 18 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2007-12-18)
  15. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Dec 18 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2007-12-18)
  16. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Dec 18 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from vit.novacek@deri.org on 2007-12-18)
  17. [ALL] Agenda - Dec 18 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-12-18)
  18. Minutes from 2007-12-11 telecon (from cred@loc.gov on 2007-12-13)
  19. [ALL] agenda 2 Oct telecon - 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-10-02)
  20. meeting record: 2007-10-02 swd telecon (from edsu@loc.gov on 2007-10-05)
  21. [ALL] Agenda - Oct 23 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-10-22)
  22. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Oct 23 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2007-10-23)
  23. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Oct 23 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2007-10-23)
  24. Late Regrets - Re: [ALL] Agenda - Oct 23 2007 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from juth@loc.gov on 2007-10-23)
  25. Meeting record: 2007-10-23 SWD telecon (Table of contents) (from cred@loc.gov on 2007-10-23)
  26. Meeting record: 2007-10-23 SWD telecon (Minutes) (from cred@loc.gov on 2007-10-23)
  27. [ALL] agenda 30 Oct telecon - 1500 UTC (1 hour earlier than usual for Europeans) (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-10-29)
  28. RE: [ALL] agenda 30 Oct telecon - 1500 UTC (1 hour earlier than usual for Europeans) (from vit.novacek@deri.org on 2007-10-30)
  29. Re: [ALL] agenda 30 Oct telecon - 1500 UTC (1 hour earlier than usual for Europeans) (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2007-10-30)
  30. Re: [ALL] agenda 30 Oct telecon - 1500 UTC (1 hour earlier than usual for Europeans) (from qreul@csd.abdn.ac.uk on 2007-10-30)
  31. meeting record: 2007-10-30 SWDWG (from sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk on 2007-10-31)
  32. [ALL] Agenda 6 November telecon - 1600 UTC (1100 Boston) (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-11-05)
  33. Re: [ALL] Agenda 6 November telecon - 1600 UTC (1100 Boston) (from qreul@csd.abdn.ac.uk on 2007-11-05)
  34. Re: [ALL] Agenda 6 November telecon - 1600 UTC (1100 Boston) (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2007-11-05)
  35. Regrets - Re: [ALL] Agenda 6 November telecon - 1600 UTC (1100 Boston) (from juth@loc.gov on 2007-11-05)
  36. Re: [ALL] Agenda 6 November telecon - 1600 UTC (1100 Boston) (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2007-11-05)
  37. [ALL] agenda 20 Nov telecon - 1600 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-11-19)
  38. [SKOS] deliverables (was RE: [ALL] agenda 20 Nov telecon - 1600 UTC) (from A.J.Miles@rl.ac.uk on 2007-11-20)
  39. Re: [ALL] agenda 20 Nov telecon - 1600 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2007-11-20)
  40. Re: [ALL] agenda 20 Nov telecon - 1600 UTC (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2007-11-20)
  41. Meeting record: 2007-11-20 SWD telecon (from q.reul@abdn.ac.uk on 2007-11-22)
  42. Re: Meeting record: 2007-11-20 SWD telecon (from aisaac@few.vu.nl on 2007-11-23)
  43. RE: Meeting record: 2007-11-20 SWD telecon (from q.reul@abdn.ac.uk on 2007-11-24)
  44. [ALL] Agenda - Nov 27 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-11-26)
  45. RE: [ALL] Agenda - Nov 27 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from vit.novacek@deri.org on 2007-11-27)
  46. RE: [ALL] Agenda - Nov 27 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from q.reul@abdn.ac.uk on 2007-11-27)
  47. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Nov 27 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from a.j.miles@rl.ac.uk on 2007-11-27)
  48. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Nov 27 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2007-11-27)
  49. Leaving Early - Re: [ALL] Agenda - Nov 27 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from juth@loc.gov on 2007-11-27)
  50. Meeting record: 2007-11-27 SWD telecon (from ehs@pobox.com on 2007-11-29)
  51. [ALL] agenda Dec 4 telecon - 1600 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2007-12-03)
  52. AW: [ALL] agenda Dec 4 telecon - 1600 UTC (from vit.novacek@deri.org on 2007-12-03)
  53. Re: [ALL] agenda Dec 4 telecon - 1600 UTC (from juth@loc.gov on 2007-12-03)
  54. RE: [ALL] agenda Dec 4 telecon - 1600 UTC (from q.reul@abdn.ac.uk on 2007-12-04)
  55. [ALL] Agenda - Dec 11 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2007-12-10)
  56. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Dec 11 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2007-12-11)
  57. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Dec 11 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from ben@adida.net on 2007-12-11)
  58. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Dec 11 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2007-12-11)
  59. RE: [ALL] Agenda - Dec 11 2007 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from q.reul@abdn.ac.uk on 2007-12-11)
  60. Meeting record: 2008-01-08 SWD telecon (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2008-01-11)
  61. [ALL] agenda 15 Jan telecon 1600 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-01-14)
  62. RE: [ALL] agenda 15 Jan telecon 1600 UTC (from Margherita.Sini@fao.org on 2008-01-15)
  63. Re: [ALL] agenda 15 Jan telecon 1600 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-01-15)
  64. Meeting record: 2008-01-15 SWD telecon (from diego.berrueta@fundacionctic.org on 2008-01-16)
  65. [ALL] Agenda - Jan 22 2008 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2008-01-21)
  66. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Jan 22 2008 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-01-22)
  67. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Jan 22 2008 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from aisaac@few.vu.nl on 2008-01-22)
  68. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Jan 22 2008 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-01-22)
  69. Re: Revised Recipes (from ehs@pobox.com on 2008-01-22)
  70. [ALL] agenda 29 Jan telecon -- 16:00 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-01-28)
  71. Re: [ALL] agenda 29 Jan telecon -- 16:00 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-01-28)
  72. Meeting Record: 2008-01-29 telecon (from sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk on 2008-01-31)
  73. [ALL] agenda 5 Feb telecon - 1600 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-02-04)
  74. Re: [ALL] agenda 5 Feb telecon - 1600 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-02-05)
  75. meeting record: 2008-02-05 SWD WG (from swick@w3.org on 2008-02-05)
  76. [VocabMgmt] New Editor's Draft Available (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-02-05)
  77. [ALL] Agenda - Feb 12 2008 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2008-02-11)
  78. Meeting record: 2008-02-12 SWD telecon (from q.reul@abdn.ac.uk on 2008-02-14)
  79. [All] Agenda - Feb 19 2008 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2008-02-18)
  80. Re: [All] Agenda - Feb 19 2008 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2008-02-18)
  81. RE: [All] Agenda - Feb 19 2008 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from Margherita.Sini@fao.org on 2008-02-18)
  82. Re: [All] Agenda - Feb 19 2008 SWD telecon - 1600 UTC (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2008-02-18)
  83. Minutes of 2008-02-19 telcon (from alistair.miles@zoo.ox.ac.uk on 2008-02-21)
  84. [ALL] agenda telecon 26 Feb - 1600 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-02-25)
  85. RE: [ALL] agenda telecon 26 Feb - 1600 UTC (from q.reul@abdn.ac.uk on 2008-02-26)
  86. Meeting Record: 2008-02-27 SWD telecon (from ehs@pobox.com on 2008-03-01)
  87. [ALL] Agenda - Mar 04 telecon - 1600 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2008-03-03)
  88. RE: [ALL] Agenda - Mar 04 telecon - 1600 UTC (from michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at on 2008-03-03)
  89. Meeting record: 2008-03-04 telecon (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-03-08)
  90. [ALL] NOTE TIME: agenda 11 Mar telecon - *1500* UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-03-10)
  91. RE: [ALL] NOTE TIME: agenda 11 Mar telecon - *1500* UTC (from Margherita.Sini@fao.org on 2008-03-11)
  92. [Recipes] roadmap to the next draft (from diego.berrueta@fundacionctic.org on 2008-03-11)
  93. Re: [Recipes] roadmap to the next draft (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2008-03-11)
  94. Meeting record: 2008-03-11 telecon (from aisaac@few.vu.nl on 2008-03-12)
  95. [All] Agenda - Mar 18 - 1500 UTC - Europeans note time! (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2008-03-17)
  96. Re: [All] Agenda - Mar 18 - 1500 UTC - Europeans note time! (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-03-17)
  97. Minutes from 2008-03-18 telecon (from cred@loc.gov on 2008-03-19)
  98. [ALL] Agenda - SWD telecon Apr 01 - 1500 UTC - Europeans back to normal time (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2008-03-31)
  99. Re: [ALL] Agenda - SWD telecon Apr 01 - 1500 UTC - Europeans back to normal time (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-04-01)
  100. Minutes from 2008-04-01 telecon (from Margherita.Sini@fao.org on 2008-04-02)
  101. [ALL] agenda 8 April telecon 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-04-07)
  102. Re: [ALL] agenda 8 April telecon 1500 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-04-07)
  103. Re: [ALL] agenda 8 April telecon 1500 UTC (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2008-04-08)
  104. meeting record: 2008-04-08 SWD telecon (from swick@w3.org on 2008-04-08)
  105. [ALL] Agenda - Apr 15 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2008-04-14)
  106. RE: [ALL] Agenda - Apr 15 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from alistair.miles@zoo.ox.ac.uk on 2008-04-15)
  107. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Apr 15 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2008-04-15)
  108. meeting record: 2008-04-15 SWD telecon (from vit.novacek@deri.org on 2008-04-15)
  109. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Apr 15 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-04-15)
  110. [ALL] agenda 22 April telecon 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-04-21)
  111. Re: [ALL] agenda 22 April telecon 1500 UTC (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2008-04-22)
  112. Re: [ALL] agenda 22 April telecon 1500 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-04-22)
  113. meeting record: 2008-04-22 SWD telecon (from sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk on 2008-04-23)
  114. [ALL] Agenda - Apr 29 2008 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2008-04-28)
  115. Re: [ALL] Agenda - Apr 29 2008 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from sean.bechhofer@manchester.ac.uk on 2008-04-29)
  116. meeting record: 2008-04-29 SWD WG (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2008-05-01)
  117. [ALL] agenda 13 May telecon 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-05-12)
  118. Meeting record: 2008-05-13 SWD telecon (from diego.berrueta@fundacionctic.org on 2008-05-14)
  119. Agenda - May 20 2008 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2008-05-19)
  120. Re: Agenda - May 20 2008 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from jphipps@madcreek.com on 2008-05-19)
  121. Re: Agenda - May 20 2008 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from simone.onofri@gmail.com on 2008-05-20)
  122. Re: Agenda - May 20 2008 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from dlrubin@stanford.edu on 2008-05-20)
  123. Re: Agenda - May 20 2008 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-05-20)
  124. Re: Agenda - May 20 2008 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from ehs@pobox.com on 2008-05-20)
  125. Meeting record: 2008-05-20 SWD telecon (from q.reul@abdn.ac.uk on 2008-05-21)
  126. [ALL] agenda 27 May telecon - 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-05-26)
  127. RE: [ALL] agenda 27 May telecon - 1500 UTC (from Margherita.Sini@fao.org on 2008-05-26)
  128. Re: [ALL] agenda 27 May telecon - 1500 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-05-27)
  129. Re: [ALL] agenda 27 May telecon - 1500 UTC (from ehs@pobox.com on 2008-05-27)
  130. Minutes from tcon yesterday (from dlrubin@stanford.edu on 2008-05-28)
  131. Agenda - Jun 03 2008 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from baker@sub.uni-goettingen.de on 2008-06-02)
  132. RE: Agenda - Jun 03 2008 SWD telecon - 1500 UTC (from michael.hausenblas@joanneum.at on 2008-06-02)
  133. [ALL] agenda 10 June telecon - 1500 UTC (from schreiber@cs.vu.nl on 2008-06-09)
  134. meeting record: 2008-06-03 SWD WG telecon (from swick@w3.org on 2008-06-10)
  135. Re: [ALL] agenda 10 June telecon - 1500 UTC (from ekendall@sandsoft.com on 2008-06-10)
  136. meeting record: 2008-06-10 SWD WG telco (from vit.novacek@deri.org on 2008-06-13)
  137. Re: [Recipes] Open issues in Recipes (from diego.berrueta@fundacionctic.org on 2008-10-04)
  138. Re: [Recipes] Open issues in Recipes (from diego.berrueta@fundacionctic.org on 2008-10-09)

Related notes:

2007-02-13: This was discussed at the F2F meeting in Boston and Ralph agreed to write a brief description of how User Agent-based negotiation limits/stifles the creation of new User Agents in the future, citing past negative experience.

2007-09-15: http://www.w3.org/2007/04/24-swd-minutes.html#action09 http://www.w3.org/2007/01/22-swd-minutes.html#action14

2008-10-09: Closed (resolved in http://www.w3.org/2008/10/07-swd-minutes.html#item03 , see also http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swd-wg/2008Oct/0067.html ). There used to be an action about this issue that was dropped on 10 Jun, 2008, when the WG decided to advance recipes to Note. This is a pointer to the specific point in the document: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-swbp-vocab-pub-20080828/#default