The Content-Base HTTP header — representation metadata, RFC 2068, not observed in the catalog.
Content-Base
Representation Metadata obsoleted
A reference entry. The registry facts and catalog measurements below are complete; the written guidance for this header has not been authored yet.
Content-Base is representation metadata — Headers describing the payload itself — its type, length, encoding, disposition, location.
The registry
Listed in the IANA HTTP Field Name Registry as marked obsoleted in the registry — it should not appear in new work. Defined in RFC 2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1.
In the catalog
Registered with IANA and declared by not one of the 26,641 providers in the API Evangelist catalog. A registered field with no observed use is still part of the vocabulary — it just is not part of the practice.
Governed by these rules
Machine-enforceable governance rules from rules.apievangelist.com that apply to this header when it appears in an OpenAPI.
OpenAPI Components Headers Error error
Utilizing the headers object in the centralized OpenAPI components library helps make headers reusable across API requests and responses
Guidance: Rate Limits →OpenAPI Components Headers Info info
Utilizing the headers object in the centralized OpenAPI components library helps make headers reusable across API requests and responses
Guidance: Rate Limits →OpenAPI Headers Hyphenated Pascal Case error
HTTP headers should follow Hyphenated-Pascal-Case naming convention for consistency and readability, such as Content-Type, X-Request-Id, or Accept-Language.
Guidance: Naming →