@techreport{baker-http-resource-state-model-01, number = {draft-baker-http-resource-state-model-01}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-baker-http-resource-state-model/01/}, author = {Mark Baker}, title = {{An Abstract Model for HTTP Resource State}}, pagetotal = 0, year = 2001, month = nov, day = 5, abstract = {The documented semantics of HTTP 1.1 methods, in particular POST, are not well understood, as demonstrated by debates such as whether IPP should have used POST or a new method, how to properly bind SOAP to HTTP, and the ever more common use of POST for tunneling new protocols such as XML-RPC. This note attempts to define an abstract model for the state of HTTP URI scheme addressable resources consistent with HTTP 1.1, but hopefully more descriptive.}, }