Yes, now I remember that discussion. But isn't the current wording
misleading?  I think the server only returns an IRD with a 300 status if the
client sends a GET request rather than a POST request.

- Wendy


From:  Richard Alimi <[email protected]>
Date:  Fri, July 19, 2013 03:31
To:  Wendy Roome <[email protected]>
Cc:  alto <[email protected]>
Subject:  Re: [alto] Cost-type names

> 
>     If there is more than one Cost Type in this list,
>     then the ALTO Server SHOULD return an IRD to the client
>     to lead it towards the URIs for the corresponding Cost Maps.
> 
> I don't understand what that means. Can anyone explain it?

This means that the ALTO Server may respond with an Multiple Choices (300)
status code with the body containing an IRD.  If I recall correctly, the
explicit statement about the HTTP 300 status code was removed after a
discussion about there being too strong of a coupling between ALTO and the
HTTP layers.  I know the WG has gone back and forth over appropriate wording
for this particular issue in the past.
 


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