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(Start a draft for the Content-Duration message header)
 
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Older applications used X-Content-Duration instead. This SHOULD be supported by user agents for backwards compatibility with older server implementations, but new servers should use Content-Duration. This page is a draft spec for registering that message header.
Older applications used X-Content-Duration instead. This SHOULD be supported by user agents for backwards compatibility with older server implementations, but new servers should use Content-Duration. This page is a draft spec for registering that message header.
== PROVISIONAL MESSAGE HEADER FIELD SUBMISSION TEMPLATE ==
  Header field name:
      The name proposed for the new header field.  This SHOULD conform
      to the field name specification details noted in Section 4.1.
  Applicable protocol:
      Specify "mail" (RFC 2822), "mime" (RFC 2045), "http" (RFC 2616),
      "netnews" (RFC 1036), or cite any other standards-track RFC
      defining the protocol with which the header is intended to be
      used.
  Status:
      Specify: "provisional".  This will be updated if and when the
      header registration is subsequently moved to the permanent
      registry.
  Author/Change controller:
      The name, email address, and organization name of the submission
      author, who may authorize changes to or retraction of the
      repository entry.  A postal address, home page URI, telephone and
      fax numbers may also be included.
      If the proposal comes from a standards body working group, give
      the name and home page URI of the working group, and an email
      address for discussion of or comments on the specification.
  Specification document(s):
      Reference to document that specifies the header for use with the
      indicated protocol.  The document MUST be an RFC, a current
      Internet-draft or the URL of a publicly accessible document (so
      IANA can verify availability of the specification).  An indication
      of the relevant sections MAY also be included, but is not
      required.
        NOTE: if the specification is available in printed form only,
        then an Internet draft containing full reference to the paper
        document should be published and cited in the registration
        template.  The paper specification MAY be cited under related
        information.
  Related information:
      Optionally, citations to additional documents containing further
      relevant information.

Revision as of 22:00, 29 December 2009

We've been using the Content-Duration header with http servers to provide the length (in time) of a particular Ogg physical bitstream. This speeds up ui display and, if Content-Length is also set, allows faster seeking dispatch over remote protocols by priming the binary search with an initial average bitrate.

Older applications used X-Content-Duration instead. This SHOULD be supported by user agents for backwards compatibility with older server implementations, but new servers should use Content-Duration. This page is a draft spec for registering that message header.

PROVISIONAL MESSAGE HEADER FIELD SUBMISSION TEMPLATE

  Header field name:
     The name proposed for the new header field.  This SHOULD conform
     to the field name specification details noted in Section 4.1.
  Applicable protocol:
     Specify "mail" (RFC 2822), "mime" (RFC 2045), "http" (RFC 2616),
     "netnews" (RFC 1036), or cite any other standards-track RFC
     defining the protocol with which the header is intended to be
     used.
  Status:
     Specify: "provisional".  This will be updated if and when the
     header registration is subsequently moved to the permanent
     registry.
  Author/Change controller:
     The name, email address, and organization name of the submission
     author, who may authorize changes to or retraction of the
     repository entry.  A postal address, home page URI, telephone and
     fax numbers may also be included.
     If the proposal comes from a standards body working group, give
     the name and home page URI of the working group, and an email
     address for discussion of or comments on the specification.
  Specification document(s):
     Reference to document that specifies the header for use with the
     indicated protocol.  The document MUST be an RFC, a current
     Internet-draft or the URL of a publicly accessible document (so
     IANA can verify availability of the specification).  An indication
     of the relevant sections MAY also be included, but is not
     required.
        NOTE: if the specification is available in printed form only,
        then an Internet draft containing full reference to the paper
        document should be published and cited in the registration
        template.  The paper specification MAY be cited under related
        information.
  Related information:
     Optionally, citations to additional documents containing further
     relevant information.