# definitions-9111-cache-directive

tool: get_definitions
args: {"rfc":9111,"term":"max-age"}

--- json ---
{
  "rfc": 9111,
  "searchTerm": "max-age",
  "count": 2,
  "definitions": [
    {
      "term": "max-age (cache directive)",
      "definition": "The max-age request directive indicates that the client prefers a response whose age is less than or equal to the specified number of seconds. Unless the max-stale request directive is also present, the client does not wish to receive a stale response.",
      "section": "5.2.1.1"
    },
    {
      "term": "s-maxage (cache directive)",
      "definition": "The s-maxage response directive indicates that, for a shared cache, the maximum age specified by this directive overrides the maximum age specified by either the max-age directive or the Expires header field.",
      "section": "5.2.2.10"
    }
  ],
  "_source": "xml"
}