On Jul 25, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Phillip Lord wrote:
But if the file you are referencing is, say 5Tb, then it doesn't work in a browser at all. With LSID's on the other hand, you may get back a choice of methods to access the data, including one which can cope with 5Tb of data.
Could this specific issue be handled in the http protocol? Could there be a new response code that in effect says: "Status 99999999999: The information resource you have requested is too #&%^ big and the provider has decided that you need to use one of the following access methods to get at it", followed by a list of protocols in a manner similar to what lsid provides?
There are a couple of related codes already (101, 413), but neither is exactly what is desired it seems.
-Alan
