HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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Now that both HTTP extensions and HTTP/1.1 are stable specifications (RFC2616 at that time), W3C has closed the HTTP Activity.
An effort to revise HTTP/1.1 started in 2006, which led to the creation of the IETF httpbis Working Group. Work completed with the publication of RFC 723X (See below)
W3C offers the Jigsaw server written in Java and the libwww client API - both released with a full set of HTTP/1.1 functionality including caching and persistent connections. Please see the W3C open source contributions for more details.
There are several mailing lists that you are welcome to use. As several of them are very high volume then please check out the archives first to see if the topic that you want to bring up in fact already has been discussed. As we try to make as much progress on HTTP as possible it is very important that we can stay focused - even on open mailing lists!
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the protocol engineering and development arm of the Internet. The IETF is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.
