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> >a link doesn't work. As an example, if > > > >http://somewhere.org/US/IL/ > > > >is a valid URL, then truncating this to > > > >http://somewhere.org/US/ > > > >should both work and provide meaningful information. > > People who do this commit web architecture crime, the TAG commands > "People making use of URIs SHOULD NOT attempt to infer properties > of the referenced resource". > Are you arguing that a portion of a path that makes up a part of another path should be able to return a 404? I can understand a portion of a path returns some other error, or course. that is to say http://somewhere.org/US/IL/ is a 200 but http://somewhere.org/US/ is not found? Because I would argue that with a longer path which is found I can infer that all the parts of that path are found as well.
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