Service provider service: GET response

The elements of an HTTP GET response for the retrieval of the service provider definition.

Table 1. HTTP GET elements
Element Description
Response headers
Server
The name of the HTTPd engine.
Date
The date or time of the response.
Connection
The state of the connection. Possible states are Close or Keep-Alive.
Content-type
  • application/rdf+xml
  • application/x-oslc-em-service-description+xml
Normal HTTP response codes
Error HTTP response codes
  • 500 (Internal Server Error): The server failed to complete the request due to an unexpected internal problem. The response body contains the RDF/XML error and more information.

Common HTTP codes are 401 (Unauthorised), 403 (Forbidden), 406 (Not Acceptable).