conneg-by-p 0.1

This small library module assists with tasks related to `Content Negotiation by Profile

This small library module assists with tasks related to Content Negotiation by Profile, which is a W3C Standard about how Internet clients may negotiate for content provided by servers based on data profiles to which the content conforms.

Library Structure

The library really only consists of a few classes:

• LinkHeaderParser

  • parses Link headers, of the sort generated by Conneg by P HTTP Functional Profile-compliant systems

  • can separate out profiles, described as per the Conneg by P HTTP’s list profiles function

  • can separate out profile URI/token mappings, as per the Conneg by P Link Attributes specification.

• AcceptProfileHeaderParser

  • parses Accept-Profile headers, of the sort needed to be supplied by clients when requesting content by profile according to Conneg by P’s HTTP Functional Profile

See the code itself for class and method documentation!

Licence

This is licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) v3.0. See the license deed for more details.

Contacts

Lead Developer:

Nicholas Car

Data Systems Architect

SURROUND Australia Pty Ltd

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