Tim Bray <> writes:
> On Mar 5, 2004, at 6:19 PM, K. Ari Krupnikov wrote:
>
> > What status should a server return for a request such as
> >
> > http://example.com/catalog?product=0001
> >
> > if the resource that identifies the catalog (example.com/catalog) is
> > available but cannot find the product identified in the query string?
> >
> > The question boils down to whether an HTTP URI is opaque or if the
> > question mark has predefined semantics. (The specs would have me
> > believe the former, but the practice seems to be the latter).
>
> 404. The URI is opaque. There is no such resource.
Tim,
Do you have a reference to any sites that actually exhibit this
behavior?
Ari.
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