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