files are simply served by the server, but certain file types
are "handled" separately.</p>
- <p>Apache 1.1 adds the ability to use handlers explicitly.
- Based on either filename extensions or on location, handlers
- can be specified without relation to file type. This is
+ <p>Handlers may also be configured explicitly,
+ based on either filename extensions or on location,
+ without relation to file type. This is
advantageous both because it is a more elegant solution, and
because it also allows for both a type <strong>and</strong> a
handler to be associated with a file. (See also <a href="mod/mod_mime.html#multipleext">Files with Multiple
files are simply served by the server, but certain file types
are "handled" separately.</p>
- <p>Apache 1.1 adds the ability to use handlers explicitly.
- Based on either filename extensions or on location, handlers
- can be specified without relation to file type. This is
+ <p>Handlers may also be configured explicitly,
+ based on either filename extensions or on location,
+ without relation to file type. This is
advantageous both because it is a more elegant solution, and
because it also allows for both a type <strong>and</strong> a
handler to be associated with a file. (See also <a