It has been proposed several times. 2008: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-sharhalakis-httptz-05 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-sharhalakis-httptz-05 1995 -

It has been proposed several times. 2008: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-sharhalakis-httptz-05 http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-sharhalakis-httptz-05 1995 - shot down because (paraphrasing) "I don't need this so neither should you": http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/ange/archives/archives-95/http-wg-archive/0521.html http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/ange/archives/archives-95/htt... The general consensus seems to be that since this can never be all things to all people, we can't ever implement it. To me it seems like this is crying out for a Worse is Better solution.