HTTP Method Case

[jasnell]

Currently, HTTP Methods in 1.1 are all uppercase. The preference for 2.0 so far appears to have those represented using all lowercase. The HTTP Mapping currently does not redefine the HTTP Method header to use lowercase values. Need to clarify whether or not HTTP methods in 2.0 are case sensitive or not.

[jpinner]

Where is this preference?

My understanding is that the name of the method header is lowercase, i.e. ":method"
But the value of the header is the normal HTTP/1.1 case-sensitive method defined in RFC-2616/Sec-5.1.1

[jasnell]

Look at the header compression draft for an example.. the pre-filled request table shows "get" and not "GET". I've seen lower case used in a few other areas as well. It just needs to be clarified.

[mnot]

We can't re-define the range of HTTP methods without changing the semantics of HTTP. So, I'm marking this as editorial (to correct/clarify as necessary).

[martinthomson]

I don't believe this to be necessary. I've changed the examples to include uppercase methods, which seems to be adequate.