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Martin Atkins wrote:
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<pre wrap="">John Panzer wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Given two hCards,
<a class="url fn uid" href=<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://example.com/foo">"http://example.com/foo"</a>>Foo Bar</a>
<a class="url fn uid" href=<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://example.com/foo/">"http://example.com/foo/"</a>>F. Bar</a>
should I consider these two identities equivalent, or not?[1] Or is
there a way to resolve them by asking the servers (not doing an auth
check, just a canonicalization check of some kind)?
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They are two distinct URLs. One of them might well issue a permanent
redirect to the other, but that cannot be relied on unless you try it.
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So to check for identity, should a client attempt a GET or a HEAD and
look only for 301 redirects?<br>
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John<br>
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