Re: [OT] HTTP etag vs if-* vs range vs content-encoding?

["Taj Khattra" <taj.khattra@...>]

On 2/1/07, PA <petite.abeille@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmmm... the plot thickens... my current understanding is that the etag
> should be related to the entity variant, so etag( gzip( content ) )
> instead of gzip( etag( content ) )...

i think you need to distinguish between content-encoding and transfer-encoding?

   content-encoding <= etag < range selection < transfer-encoding

see also section 4 of rfc 3229:

   "However, it is clear that Range selection needs to be done after the
   entity tag has been assigned and after any content-coding has been
   applied, and before any transfer-coding is applied."

hope that helps just a little bit...