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# Content negotiation
> HTTP has provisions for several mechanisms for "content negotiation" - the process of selecting the best representation for a given response when there are multiple representations available.
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> &mdash; [RFC 2616][cite], Fielding et al.
[cite]: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec12.html