# Shepherd Writeup for draft-ietf-httpbis-http2bis
## 1. Summary
Mark Nottingham is the document shepherd; Francesca Palombini is the
responsible Area Director.
This specification describes an optimized expression of the semantics of the
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), referred to as HTTP version 2 (HTTP/2).
HTTP/2 enables a more efficient use of network resources and a reduced latency
by introducing field compression and allowing multiple concurrent exchanges on
the same connection.
This document obsoletes RFC 7540 and RFC 8740, and is intended to be publishd
as a Proposed Standard.
## 2. Review and Consensus
This document has enjoyed wide review and discussion among HTTP implementers
and other Working Gropu participants. It benefits from the broad deployment of
the protocol and the experiences of those deployments.
## 3. Intellectual Property
Both authors have confirmed that they have no direct, personal knowledge of any
IPR related to this document.
## 4. Other Points
The document has an intentional reference to TLS 1.2, even though that document
has been obsoleted by TLS 1.3.