Re: Which header field to use for entity author/contact.

John Franks (john@math.nwu.edu)
Wed, 19 Jul 1995 22:00:45 -0500


In article <9507191458.AA19413@cambridge.scr.slb.com> you write:
>
>P.S. The HTML draft clearly states that the server MAY read the document
><HEAD> to generate header fields. Do any servers currently do this?
>(I'm reasonably certain the CERN httpd does not - although the meta
>data file can be used to the same end).
>

The WN server reads the <head> of any HTML document at the time that
document is entered in the per directory database of served documents.
It extracts the title, expiration, keywords and any http-equiv fields
and creates the appropriate HTTP headers.

John Franks