Glossary: deprecate "Payload Body" per RFC 9110 #37598
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The entry for "HTTP Content" now contains the details formerly described here. This rewrite makes this entry something of a historical record, which is useful since people will likely be using the word "payload" in its former context for many years.
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| For more information see [RFC 7230, section 3.3: Message Body](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3) and [RFC 7230, section 3.3.1: Transfer-Encoding](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3.1). | ||
| For more information see [RFC 7230, section 3.3: Message Body](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3), [RFC 7231, section 3: Representations](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-3), and [RFC 9110, appendix B.3: Changes from RFC 7231](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110#name-changes-from-rfc-7231). |
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| For more information see [RFC 7230, section 3.3: Message Body](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3.3), [RFC 7231, section 3: Representations](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-3), and [RFC 9110, appendix B.3: Changes from RFC 7231](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9110#name-changes-from-rfc-7231). | |
| ## See also | |
| - {{Glossary("Content header")}} | |
| - [RFC 9110, section 6.4: Content](https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc9110.html#rfc.section.6.4) (obsoletes [RFC 7231](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-3.3) Payload Semantics) | |
| - [Changes from RFC 7231](https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc9110.html#changes.from.rfc.7231) |
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| The HTTP message **payload body** is the _information_ ("payload") part of the data that is sent in the HTTP Message Body (if any), prior to [transfer encoding](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Transfer-Encoding) being applied. If transfer encoding is not used, the _payload body_ and _message body_ are the same! | |||
| Prior to June 2022, the **payload body** or **payload** was the resource representation being transferred in an HTTP Message Body, stripped of any [transfer encoding](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Transfer-Encoding). With no transfer encoding, the _payload body_ and _message body_ are the same thing. Representation data could also be transferred in the HTTP Header, but such data would not be regarded as "payload". | |||
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| Prior to June 2022, the **payload body** or **payload** was the resource representation being transferred in an HTTP Message Body, stripped of any [transfer encoding](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Transfer-Encoding). With no transfer encoding, the _payload body_ and _message body_ are the same thing. Representation data could also be transferred in the HTTP Header, but such data would not be regarded as "payload". | |
| Prior to June 2022, the **payload body** or **payload** was the resource representation transferred in an HTTP message body, stripped of any [transfer encoding](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Transfer-Encoding). With no transfer encoding, the _payload body_ and _message body_ are the same thing. Representation data could also be transferred in HTTP headers, but such data would not be regarded as a "payload". |
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Thanks @crossaw - a couple of suggestions for you above! |
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The entry for "HTTP Content" now contains the details formerly described here. This rewrite makes this entry something of a historical record, which is useful since people will likely be using the word "payload" in its former context for many years.
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