HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol Overview

HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Overview

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Now that both HTTP extensions and HTTP/1.1 are stable specifications, W3C
has closed the HTTP Activity.

An effort to revise HTTP/1.1 started in the IETF httpbis
Working Group

• 2012-01-04: draft -18 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
  • HTTP/1.1, part 1: URIs, Connections, and Message Parsing
  • HTTP/1.1, part 2: Message Semantics
  • HTTP/1.1, part 3: Message Payload and Content Negotiation
  • HTTP/1.1, part 4: Conditional Requests
  • HTTP/1.1, part 5: Range Requests and Partial Responses
  • HTTP/1.1, part 6: Caching
    
  • HTTP/1.1, part 7: Authentication

  and relevant diffs.

• 2011-10: drafts -17 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2011-06: drafts -16 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2011-07: drafts -15 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2011-07: draft -06 of Initial Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Method Registrations
• 2011-06: draft-ietf-httpbis-content-disp published as RFC 6266
• 2011-04: drafts -14 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2011-03: drafts -13 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2010-10: drafts -12 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2010-08: drafts -11 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2010-07: drafts -10 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2010-03: drafts -09 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2009-11: drafts -08 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2009-07: drafts -07 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2009-03: drafts -06 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2008-11: drafts -05 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2008-08: draft -00 of Initial Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Method Registrations
• 2008-08: drafts -04 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2008-07: draft -02 of Security Requirements for HTTP
• 2008-06: drafts -03 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2008-02: drafts -02 of the revised HTTP/1.1 specifications
• 2007-10: Hypertext
  Transfer Protocol Bis WG (httpbis) came to life.
• 2007-06: new revision of
  RFC2616bis issued.[HTML
  version]
• 2006-10: An effort to revise RFC2616 started, see the
  Issue list, latest draft
  [HTML
  version] and the editors'
  copy [HTML
  version].
• 1999-07: W3C
  Supports HTTP/1.1 Reaching IETF Draft Standard - (testimonials)
• 1999-06: NEW HTTP
  IETF RFCs:
  • RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol --
    HTTP/1.1 (Postscript), (PDF) (compressed text)
  • RFC 2617: HTTP
    Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication
  • Errata for RFC 2616
    and RFC 2617
• 1999-06: HTTP Extension Framework pending IESG review.
  • Stable ID is draft-frystyk-http-extensions-03.txt
• 1999-05: W3C Note: Editing the Web: Detecting the Lost Update
  Problem Using Unreserved Checkout
• 1999-03-31: Jigsaw 2.0.2
  Implements HTTP Extension Framework

Nearby you can find

• The HTTP Performance Overview for the
  speed you're longing for...
• The HTTP/1.1 Implementor's Forum for
  discussions of HTTP/1.1 implementation tricks as well as interoperability
  work

Related Protocols

• The HTTP Extension Framework Internet
  Draft and discussions
• WebMux - a simple multiplexing protocol
• W3C HTTP-NG activity and HTTP-NG Overview