From ae6affb9124d5a7df8fe56e587b1795b1fc87960 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Thomas Smith Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:56:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update files/en-us/glossary/representation_header/index.md Co-authored-by: Hamish Willee --- files/en-us/glossary/representation_header/index.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/files/en-us/glossary/representation_header/index.md b/files/en-us/glossary/representation_header/index.md index afcee684c29599e..a28d9946b9690f9 100644 --- a/files/en-us/glossary/representation_header/index.md +++ b/files/en-us/glossary/representation_header/index.md @@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ page-type: glossary-definition {{GlossarySidebar}} -A **representation header** (or 'representation metadata') is an {{glossary("HTTP_header", "HTTP header")}} that describes a particular _representation_ of a resource. -When a message includes content, the representation header fields describe how to interpret the data. +A **representation header** (or 'representation metadata') is an {{glossary("HTTP_header", "HTTP header")}} that describes how to interpret the data contained in the message. For example, data might be formatted as a particular media type such as XML, JSON, HTML or Markdown, or localized to a particular written language or geographical region. The underlying resource is semantically the same in each case, but its representation is different.