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+ --><title>mod_negotiation - Apache HTTP Server</title><link href="../style/manual.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/></head><body><blockquote><div align="center"><img src="../images/sub.gif" alt="[APACHE DOCUMENTATION]"/><h3>Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</h3></div><h1 align="center">Apache Module mod_negotiation</h1><table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"><span class="help">Description:
+ </span></td><td>Provides for <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content negotiation</a></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="module-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:
+ </a></td><td>Base</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier" class="help">Module Identifier:
+ </a></td><td>negotiation_module</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><h2>Summary</h2>
<p>Content negotiation, or more accurately content selection, is
the selection of the document that best matches the clients
capabilities, from one of several available documents. There
<code>type-map</code>) which explicitly lists the files
containing the variants.</li>
- <li>A MultiViews search (enabled by the MultiViews <a href="core.html#options" class="directive"><code class="directive">Options</code></a>, where the server does an
+ <li>A MultiViews search (enabled by the MultiViews <a href="../mod/core.html#options" class="directive"><code class="directive">Options</code></a>, where the server does an
implicit filename pattern match, and choose from amongst the
results.</li>
</ul>
-<h2>Directives</h2><ul><li><a href="#cachenegotiateddocs">CacheNegotiatedDocs</a></li><li><a href="#forcelanguagepriority">ForceLanguagePriority</a></li><li><a href="#languagepriority">LanguagePriority</a></li></ul><p><strong>See also </strong></p><ul><li><a href="mod_mime.html#defaultlanguage" class="directive"><code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code></a></li><li><a href="mod_mime.html#addencoding" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddEncoding</code></a></li><li><a href="mod_mime.html#addlanguage" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddLanguage</code></a></li><li><a href="mod_mime.html#addtype" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddType</code></a></li><li><a href="mod_mime.html#multiviewsmatch" class="directive"><code class="directive">MultiViewsMatch</code></a></li></ul><h2><a name="typemaps">Type maps</a></h2>
+<h2>Directives</h2><ul><li><a href="#cachenegotiateddocs">CacheNegotiatedDocs</a></li><li><a href="#forcelanguagepriority">ForceLanguagePriority</a></li><li><a href="#languagepriority">LanguagePriority</a></li></ul><p><strong>See also </strong></p><ul><li><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#defaultlanguage" class="directive"><code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code></a></li><li><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addencoding" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddEncoding</code></a></li><li><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addlanguage" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddLanguage</code></a></li><li><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addtype" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddType</code></a></li><li><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#multiviewsmatch" class="directive"><code class="directive">MultiViewsMatch</code></a></li></ul><h2><a name="typemaps">Type maps</a></h2>
<p>A type map has the same format as RFC822 mail headers. It
contains document descriptions separated by blank lines, with
lines beginning with a hash character ('#') treated as
<dt>Content-Encoding:</dt>
<dd>The encoding of the file. Apache only recognizes
- encodings that are defined by an <a href="mod_mime.html#addencoding" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddEncoding</code></a> directive.
+ encodings that are defined by an <a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addencoding" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddEncoding</code></a> directive.
This normally includes the encodings <code>x-compress</code>
for compress'd files, and <code>x-gzip</code> for gzip'd
files. The <code>x-</code> prefix is ignored for encoding
</dl>
<h2>MultiViews</h2>
- <p>A MultiViews search is enabled by the MultiViews <a href="core.html#options" class="directive"><code class="directive">Options</code></a>. If the server receives a
+ <p>A MultiViews search is enabled by the MultiViews <a href="../mod/core.html#options" class="directive"><code class="directive">Options</code></a>. If the server receives a
request for <code>/some/dir/foo</code> and
<code>/some/dir/foo</code> does <em>not</em> exist, then the
server reads the directory looking for all files named
content-encodings it would have if the client had asked for one
of them by name. It then chooses the best match to the client's
requirements, and returns that document.</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="CacheNegotiatedDocs">CacheNegotiatedDocs</a> <a name="cachenegotiateddocs">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Allows content-negotiated documents to be
-cached by proxy servers</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>CacheNegotiatedDocs on|off</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>CacheNegotiatedDocs off</code></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Base</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_negotiation</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>The syntax changed in version 2.0.</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="CacheNegotiatedDocs">CacheNegotiatedDocs</a> <a name="cachenegotiateddocs">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description:
+ </strong></td><td>Allows content-negotiated documents to be
+cached by proxy servers</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:
+ </a></td><td>CacheNegotiatedDocs on|off</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:
+ </a></td><td><code>CacheNegotiatedDocs off</code></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:
+ </a></td><td>server config</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:
+ </a></td><td>Base</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:
+ </a></td><td>mod_negotiation</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:
+ </a></td><td>The syntax changed in version 2.0.</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>If set, this directive allows content-negotiated documents
to be cached by proxy servers. This could mean that clients
behind those proxys could retrieve versions of the documents
<code class="directive">CacheNegotiatedDocs</code> did not take an
argument; it was turned on by the presence of the directive by
itself.</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="ForceLanguagePriority">ForceLanguagePriority</a> <a name="forcelanguagepriority">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Action to take if a single acceptable document is not
-found</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>ForceLanguagePriority None|Prefer|Fallback [Prefer|Fallback]</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:</a></td><td><code>ForceLanguagePriority Prefer</code></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:</a></td><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Base</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_negotiation</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:</a></td><td>Available in version 2.0.30 and later</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="ForceLanguagePriority">ForceLanguagePriority</a> <a name="forcelanguagepriority">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description:
+ </strong></td><td>Action to take if a single acceptable document is not
+found</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:
+ </a></td><td>ForceLanguagePriority None|Prefer|Fallback [Prefer|Fallback]</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Default" class="help">Default:
+ </a></td><td><code>ForceLanguagePriority Prefer</code></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:
+ </a></td><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:
+ </a></td><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:
+ </a></td><td>Base</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:
+ </a></td><td>mod_negotiation</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap" align="left" valign="top"><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility" class="help">Compatibility:
+ </a></td><td>Available in version 2.0.30 and later</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ForceLanguagePriority</code> directive uses
the given <a href="#languagepriority" class="directive"><code class="directive">LanguagePriority</code></a> to satisfy
negotation where the server could otherwise not return a single
than returning an HTTP result 300 (MULTIPLE CHOICES) when there
are several equally valid choices. If the directives below were
given, and the user's Accept-Language header assigned en and de
- each as quality .500 (equally acceptable) then then first matching
+ each as quality .500 (equally acceptable) then the first matching
variant, en, will be served.</p>
<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><code>
that one variant is acceptable, or first available document will be
served if none of the variants matched the client's acceptable list of
languages.</p>
-<hr/><h2><a name="LanguagePriority">LanguagePriority</a> <a name="languagepriority">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>The precendence of language variants for cases where
-the client does not express a preference</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>LanguagePriority <em>MIME-lang</em> [<em>MIME-lang</em>] ...</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:</a></td><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Base</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_negotiation</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
+<hr/><h2><a name="LanguagePriority">LanguagePriority</a> <a name="languagepriority">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description:
+ </strong></td><td>The precendence of language variants for cases where
+the client does not express a preference</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:
+ </a></td><td>LanguagePriority <em>MIME-lang</em> [<em>MIME-lang</em>] ...</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:
+ </a></td><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:
+ </a></td><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:
+ </a></td><td>Base</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:
+ </a></td><td>mod_negotiation</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<p>The <code class="directive">LanguagePriority</code> sets the precedence
of language variants for the case where the client does not
express a preference, when handling a MultiViews request. The list