Re: [Handle-info] HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily

["Hammond, Tony" <t.hammond@nature.com>]

Thanks, Robert:

I suppose this is where Tomcat gets it from:

    LocalStrings.properties:sc.302=Moved Temporarily

    ../apache-tomcat-6.0.24-src/java/org/apache/tomcat/util/http/res

Agree that RFC 2616 allows for local variants - although I presume it had
language translations in mind rather than alternate wordings. ;) Important
especially because the TAG clearly has a semantic agenda for HTTP status
codes.

Anyway this is just real sloppy practice by Tomcat. Words ought to mean
something. And adherence to standards too.

But I do agree with John's reply here that 302 might not be the clearest
response that an HS could give - 303 and 307 being the preferred modern
variants.

I don't see how an HS can properly defer to a downstream server. This is
something that an HS needs to take responsibility for. Or at least the proxy
server operated by an RA. An RA member cannot impose an alternate semantic
reading over the RA default, surely?

We really need a more graceful interface between handle and HTTP.

Cheers,

Tony



On 8/2/10 19:49, "Robert Tupelo-Schneck" <schneck@cnri.reston.va.us> wrote:

> On 2010-02-08, at 08:02, Hammond, Tony wrote:
>> If I try to get a handle through hdl.handle.net (or dx.doi.org) I get a
>> Status-Code '302' with the Reason-Phrase 'Moved Temporarily'. (See listing
>> at end.)
>> 
>> As far as I can see this Reason-Phrase is wrong.
> [...]
>> I don't know if this is the correct source:
>> 
>> % grep 302 *
>> HdlHttpRequestHandler.java:    out.write("HTTP/1.1 302 Moved
>> Temporarily\n");
> 
> That bit of source code is active when accessing a handle server directly via
> web browser on its HTTP interface.  I've changed it so "Found" will be used in
> the next version.
> 
> However, in the case of the proxies (hdl.handle.net and dx.doi.org), the
> reason-phrase is generated by Tomcat, not our code.
> 
> For what it's worth, RFC2616 also says (in section 6.1.1) "The reason phrases
> listed here are only recommendations -- they MAY be replaced by local
> equivalents without affecting the protocol."
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert
> 


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