Re: Conditional GET Proposal for HTTP Caching

Paul (Paul.Wain@brunel.ac.uk)
Thu, 10 Mar 1994 11:09:54 --100

@ > I made a proposal in January about providing a conditional GET
@ > capability in HTTP. It involves accepting a Last-modified header
@ > in an HTTP request and sending the document only if the Last-modified
@ > date of the document is more recent than the one in the request.
@
@ [...]
@
@ But let's not call it Last-Modified, let's call it Newer-Than
@ or somethig like that.

What about ``Last-Seen''

That fits in best with the idea that is being premoted here surely?

Paul

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