ISSUE-75 - Public View

Is method case-sensitive?

State:
CLOSED
Product:
XMLHttpRequest
Raised by:
Anne van Kesteren
Opened on:
2006-04-06
Description:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt section 5.1.1 says methods are
case-sensitive while at least one implementation (Opera) treats post as POST
(and other variants too).

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Related emails:
  1. ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from dean+cgi@w3.org on 2006-04-06)
  2. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from derhoermi@gmx.net on 2006-04-11)
  3. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from annevk@opera.com on 2006-04-18)
  4. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from robin.berjon@expway.fr on 2006-04-18)
  5. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from gormer@opera.com on 2006-04-18)
  6. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from gormer@opera.com on 2006-04-19)
  7. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from bzbarsky@mit.edu on 2006-04-19)
  8. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2006-04-19)
  9. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from bzbarsky@mit.edu on 2006-04-19)
  10. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from jonas@sicking.cc on 2006-04-20)
  11. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from annevk@opera.com on 2006-04-20)
  12. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from bzbarsky@mit.edu on 2006-04-20)
  13. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2006-04-20)
  14. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from distobj@acm.org on 2006-04-20)
  15. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from annevk@opera.com on 2006-04-20)
  16. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from annevk@opera.com on 2006-04-20)
  17. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2006-04-20)
  18. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from mnot@yahoo-inc.com on 2006-04-20)
  19. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from robin.berjon@expway.fr on 2006-04-21)
  20. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from robin.berjon@expway.fr on 2006-04-21)
  21. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from distobj@acm.org on 2006-04-20)
  22. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from ian@hixie.ch on 2006-04-21)
  23. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from annevk@opera.com on 2006-04-21)
  24. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from mnot@yahoo-inc.com on 2006-04-21)
  25. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from annevk@opera.com on 2006-04-21)
  26. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from ian@hixie.ch on 2006-04-21)
  27. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from mnot@yahoo-inc.com on 2006-04-21)
  28. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2006-04-22)
  29. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from robin.berjon@expway.fr on 2006-04-22)
  30. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from mjs@apple.com on 2006-04-22)
  31. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from mjs@apple.com on 2006-04-22)
  32. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from mjs@apple.com on 2006-04-22)
  33. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from robin.berjon@expway.fr on 2006-04-23)
  34. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from mjs@apple.com on 2006-04-22)
  35. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from annevk@opera.com on 2006-04-23)
  36. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from robin.berjon@expway.fr on 2006-04-23)
  37. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from ian@hixie.ch on 2006-04-26)
  38. Re: ISSUE-75: Is method case-sensitive? (from ian@hixie.ch on 2006-04-26)
  39. Minutes - 10 April (from chaals@opera.com on 2006-05-15)
  40. ISSUE-75 proposal (from distobj@acm.org on 2006-06-28)

Related notes:

2006-04-10: It's case sensitive. Resolved in telecon 2006-04-10

2006-09-18: Further discussion at the June f2f re-opened this issue.

2006-09-18: Accepted's Mark's proposal at Rabat f2f