ISSUE-124: How shall we express responses from a site to a user agent (headers, URIs, ...)?

How shall we express responses from a site to a user agent (headers, URIs, ...)?

State:
CLOSED
Product:
Tracking Preference Expression (DNT)
Raised by:
Matthias Schunter
Opened on:
2012-02-06
Description:
Our current approach uses HTTP headers for requests and responses. This issue is a bucket collecting alternative proposal for consideration.
Related Actions Items:
Related emails:
  1. SUMMARY: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from mts-std@schunter.org on 2012-08-25)
  2. Re: RESENT: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from singer@apple.com on 2012-08-24)
  3. Re: RESENT: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from vigoel@adobe.com on 2012-08-23)
  4. Re: RESENT: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from gelman@blurryedge.com on 2012-08-23)
  5. Re: RESENT: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from singer@apple.com on 2012-08-23)
  6. Re: RESENT: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from vigoel@adobe.com on 2012-08-23)
  7. RE: RESENT: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from wileys@yahoo-inc.com on 2012-08-20)
  8. Re: RESENT: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from singer@apple.com on 2012-08-20)
  9. Re: RESENT: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from david@networkadvertising.org on 2012-08-19)
  10. Re: RESENT: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from haakonfb@opera.com on 2012-08-17)
  11. RESENT: Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from mts-std@schunter.org on 2012-08-15)
  12. Agenda for August 15, 2012 call (from mts-std@schunter.org on 2012-08-13)
  13. agenda for August 08, 2012 call (from mts-std@schunter.org on 2012-08-07)
  14. agenda for August 08, 2012 call (from mts-std@schunter.org on 2012-08-07)
  15. Batch Closing of Issues against TPE [Deadline for validating can-live-with consensus: August 20] (from mts-std@schunter.org on 2012-08-07)
  16. Re: Agenda for July 18, 2012 DNT WG Call on TPE (from fielding@gbiv.com on 2012-07-18)
  17. Issues mentioned in the TPE document, or non-closed in the database and applying to TPE (from singer@apple.com on 2012-04-10)
  18. Tracking Status Hybrid (from tom@mozilla.com on 2012-04-05)
  19. TPE: Input for our discussions in DC (from mts-std@schunter.org on 2012-04-04)
  20. Re: Issue Maintenance (from jmayer@stanford.edu on 2012-03-29)
  21. Issue Maintenance (from mts-std@schunter.org on 2012-03-28)
  22. Re: Issue-107, Issue-120, Issue-124 (from fielding@gbiv.com on 2012-02-27)
  23. Re: Issue-107, Issue-120, Issue-124 (from npdoty@w3.org on 2012-02-27)
  24. Re: Issue-107, Issue-120, Issue-124 (from fielding@gbiv.com on 2012-02-27)
  25. Re: Issue-107, Issue-120, Issue-124 (from john@consumerwatchdog.org on 2012-02-27)
  26. Re: Issue-107, Issue-120, Issue-124 (from singer@apple.com on 2012-02-27)
  27. Issue-107, Issue-120, Issue-124 (from john@consumerwatchdog.org on 2012-02-27)
  28. Re: ACTION-115: Write up counter-proposal to header with well-known URI (from rigo@w3.org on 2012-02-22)
  29. Agenda for 2012-Feb-22 call (from mts@zurich.ibm.com on 2012-02-21)
  30. Re: ACTION-115: Write up counter-proposal to header with well-known URI (from fielding@gbiv.com on 2012-02-13)
  31. ACTION-115: Write up counter-proposal to header with well-known URI (from fielding@gbiv.com on 2012-02-11)
  32. tracking-ISSUE-124: Alternative DNT implementations that replace HTTP headers with something else [Tracking Preference Expression (DNT)] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2012-02-06)

Related notes:

Bryan Sullivan (AT&T) suggested to use an REST API to allow DNT client-server communication:
http://www.w3.org/mid/CB46441C.103B5%25blsaws@gmail.com

Matthias Schunter, 6 Feb 2012, 20:23:07

I created a comparison table (editable) to collect our insight:
http://www.w3.org/wiki/DntResponseHeaderOrURI

Matthias Schunter, 4 Apr 2012, 09:33:29

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