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content negotiation: From Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP): Structure and Vocabularies 1.0 (2004-01-15) | Glossary for this source

The mechanism for selecting the appropriate representation when servicing a request. The representation of entities in any response can be negotiated (including error responses).
content negotiation: From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18) | Glossary for this source

The mechanism for selecting the appropriate HTTP representation when servicing a request. The HTTP representation of entities in any response can be negotiated (including error responses).

This term was developed from that in Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1.
content negotiation: From Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 (1999-06-15) | Glossary for this source

The mechanism for selecting the appropriate representation when servicing a request, as described in section 12. The representation of entities in any response can be negotiated (including error responses).
content negotiation: From Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume One (2004-12-15) | Glossary for this source

The practice of providing multiple representations available via the same URI. Which representation is served depends on negotiation between the requesting agent and the agent serving the representations.

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