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Description of the HTTP error codes returned by the Clinical Domain and Administrative domain, when exceptions occur. |
Below the codes in use are described:
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Similar to 403 Forbidden, but specifically for use when authentication is required and has failed or has not yet been provided. The response must include a WWW-Authenticate header field containing a challenge applicable to the requested resource. See Basic access authentication and Digest access authentication.[32] 401 semantically means "unauthorisedunauthorized",[33] the user does not have valid authentication credentials for the target resource.
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