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Subject: svn commit: r584842 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:37:21 -0000
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Author: niq
Date: Mon Oct 15 11:37:20 2007
New Revision: 584842

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=584842&view=rev
Log:
Improve documentation of "DefaultType None"

Modified:
    httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml

Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml?rev=584842&r1=584841&r2=584842&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml Mon Oct 15 11:37:20 2007
@@ -545,8 +545,9 @@
     document whose type cannot be determined by its <glossary
     ref="mime-type">MIME types</glossary> mappings.</p>
 
-    <p>The server must inform the client of the content-type of the
-    document, so in the event of an unknown type it uses the
+    <p>The server SHOULD inform the client of the content-type of the
+    document.  If the server is unable to determine this by normal
+    means, it will set it to the configured
     <code>DefaultType</code>. For example:</p>
 
     <example>
@@ -556,16 +557,14 @@
     <p>would be appropriate for a directory which contained many GIF
     images with filenames missing the <code>.gif</code> extension.</p>
 
-    <p>Sometimes it may be better to omit the MIME type altogether if it
-    cannot be determined by the server.  This can be accomplished using</p>
+    <p>In cases where it can neither be determined by the server nor
+    the administrator (e.g. a proxy), it is preferable to omit the MIME
+    type altogether rather than provide information that may be false.
+    This can be accomplished using</p>
     <example>
       DefaultType None
     </example>
     <p>DefaultType None is only available in httpd-2.2.7 and later.</p>
-
-    <p>This can be suppressed by setting <code>DefaultType None</code>.
-    With this setting, Apache will omit <em>any</em> Content-Type
-    header if it not able to determine the correct MIME type.</p>
 
     <p>Note that unlike <directive
     module="core">ForceType</directive>, this directive only