Web Science/Part1: Foundations of the web/Hypertext Transfer Protocol/Content negotiation/quiz

1

Which of the following HTTP requests should be used to request an XML file from a server

	GET /file HTTP/1.0\r\nAccept: text/xml\r\n\r\n
	GET /file?type=xml HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n
	GET /file.xml HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n
	GET /file.xml HTTP/1.0\r\nAccept: text/xml\r\n\r\n

2

Which of the following HTTP requests would technically work (if implemented) to request an XML file from a server

	GET /file HTTP/1.0\r\nAccept: text/xml\r\n\r\n
	GET /file?type=xml HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n
	GET /file.xml HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n
	GET /file.xml HTTP/1.0\r\nAccept: text/xml\r\n\r\n

3

What is the main aim of content negotiation?

	human to machine communication over http
	human to human communication over http
	machine to machine communication over http
	All of the above