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Initial Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Method Registrations
draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-12

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Author Julian Reschke
Last updated 2013-08-06
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draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-12
HTTPbis Working Group                                         J. Reschke
Internet-Draft                                                greenbytes
Intended status: Informational                            August 6, 2013
Expires: February 7, 2014

    Initial Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Method Registrations
               draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-12

Abstract

   This document registers those Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
   methods which have been defined in standards-track RFCs before the
   IANA HTTP Method Registry was established.

Editorial Note (To be removed by RFC Editor)

   Discussion of this draft takes place on the HTTPBIS working group
   mailing list (ietf-http-wg@w3.org), which is archived at
   <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/>.

   The current issues list is at <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/
   trac/query?component=method-registrations> and related documents
   (including fancy diffs) can be found at
   <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/>.

   The changes in this draft are summarized in Appendix B.12.

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   Copyright (c) 2013 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the

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   document authors.  All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   4.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   Appendix A.  Initial Registry Contents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   Appendix B.  Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before
                publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
     B.1.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-00  . . . . . 6
     B.2.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-01  . . . . . 6
     B.3.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-02  . . . . . 6
     B.4.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-03  . . . . . 6
     B.5.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-04  . . . . . 6
     B.6.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-05  . . . . . 6
     B.7.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-06  . . . . . 6
     B.8.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-07  . . . . . 6
     B.9.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-08  . . . . . 6
     B.10. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-09  . . . . . 6
     B.11. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-10  . . . . . 7
     B.12. Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-11  . . . . . 7

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1.  Introduction

   This document registers those Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
   methods which have been defined in standards-track RFCs other than
   [draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics] before the IANA HTTP Method
   Registry was established.

2.  Security Considerations

   There are no security considerations related to the registration
   itself.

3.  IANA Considerations

   Appendix A provides initial registrations of HTTP method names for
   the IANA HTTP Method registry at
   <http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-methods> (see Section 8.1 of
   [draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics]).

4.  Normative References

   [RFC2068]                          Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul,
                                      J., Nielsen, H., and T. Berners-
                                      Lee, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol
                                      -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2068,
                                      January 1997.

   [RFC3253]                          Clemm, G., Amsden, J., Ellison,
                                      T., Kaler, C., and J. Whitehead,
                                      "Versioning Extensions to WebDAV
                                      (Web Distributed Authoring and
                                      Versioning)", RFC 3253,
                                      March 2002.

   [RFC3648]                          Whitehead, J. and J. Reschke, Ed.,
                                      "Web Distributed Authoring and
                                      Versioning (WebDAV) Ordered
                                      Collections Protocol", RFC 3648,
                                      December 2003.

   [RFC3744]                          Clemm, G., Reschke, J., Sedlar,
                                      E., and J. Whitehead, "Web
                                      Distributed Authoring and
                                      Versioning (WebDAV) Access Control
                                      Protocol", RFC 3744, May 2004.

   [RFC4437]                          Whitehead, J., Clemm, G., and J.
                                      Reschke, Ed., "Web Distributed

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                                      Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
                                      Redirect Reference Resources",
                                      RFC 4437, March 2006.

   [RFC4791]                          Daboo, C., Desruisseaux, B., and
                                      L. Dusseault, "Calendaring
                                      Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV)",
                                      RFC 4791, March 2007.

   [RFC4918]                          Dusseault, L., Ed., "HTTP
                                      Extensions for Web Distributed
                                      Authoring and Versioning
                                      (WebDAV)", RFC 4918, June 2007.

   [RFC5323]                          Reschke, J., Ed., Reddy, S.,
                                      Davis, J., and A. Babich, "Web
                                      Distributed Authoring and
                                      Versioning (WebDAV) SEARCH",
                                      RFC 5323, November 2008.

   [RFC5789]                          Dusseault, L. and J. Snell, "PATCH
                                      Method for HTTP", RFC 5789,
                                      March 2010.

   [RFC5842]                          Clemm, G., Crawford, J., Reschke,
                                      J., Ed., and J. Whitehead,
                                      "Binding Extensions to Web
                                      Distributed Authoring and
                                      Versioning (WebDAV)", RFC 5842,
                                      April 2010.

   [draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics]  Fielding, R., Ed. and J. Reschke,
                                      Ed., "Hypertext Transfer Protocol
                                      (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and
                                      Content",
                                      draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-23
                                      (work in progress), July 2013.

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Appendix A.  Initial Registry Contents

   +-------------------+------+------------+---------------------------+
   | Method Name       | Safe | Idempotent | Reference                 |
   +-------------------+------+------------+---------------------------+
   | ACL               | no   | yes        | [RFC3744], Section 8.1    |
   | BASELINE-CONTROL  | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 12.6   |
   | BIND              | no   | yes        | [RFC5842], Section 4      |
   | CHECKIN           | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 4.4    |
   |                   |      |            | and [RFC3253], Section    |
   |                   |      |            | 9.4                       |
   | CHECKOUT          | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 4.3    |
   |                   |      |            | and [RFC3253], Section    |
   |                   |      |            | 8.8                       |
   | COPY              | no   | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.8    |
   | LABEL             | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 8.2    |
   | LINK              | no   | yes        | [RFC2068], Section        |
   |                   |      |            | 19.6.1.2                  |
   | LOCK              | no   | no         | [RFC4918], Section 9.10   |
   | MERGE             | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 11.2   |
   | MKACTIVITY        | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 13.5   |
   | MKCALENDAR        | no   | yes        | [RFC4791], Section 5.3.1  |
   | MKCOL             | no   | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.3    |
   | MKREDIRECTREF     | no   | yes        | [RFC4437], Section 6      |
   | MKWORKSPACE       | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 6.3    |
   | MOVE              | no   | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.9    |
   | ORDERPATCH        | no   | yes        | [RFC3648], Section 7      |
   | PATCH             | no   | no         | [RFC5789], Section 2      |
   | PROPFIND          | yes  | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.1    |
   | PROPPATCH         | no   | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.2    |
   | REBIND            | no   | yes        | [RFC5842], Section 6      |
   | REPORT            | yes  | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 3.6    |
   | SEARCH            | yes  | yes        | [RFC5323], Section 2      |
   | UNBIND            | no   | yes        | [RFC5842], Section 5      |
   | UNCHECKOUT        | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 4.5    |
   | UNLINK            | no   | yes        | [RFC2068], Section        |
   |                   |      |            | 19.6.1.3                  |
   | UNLOCK            | no   | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.11   |
   | UPDATE            | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 7.1    |
   | UPDATEREDIRECTREF | no   | yes        | [RFC4437], Section 7      |
   | VERSION-CONTROL   | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 3.5    |
   +-------------------+------+------------+---------------------------+

Appendix B.  Change Log (to be removed by RFC Editor before publication)

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B.1.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-00

   Added SEARCH method (RFC 5323).

B.2.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-01

   Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.

B.3.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-02

   Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.  PATCH is now
   defined in draft-dusseault-http-patch.  BIND, UNBIND and REBIND are
   defined in draft-ietf-webdav-bind.  Drop the "updates
   draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics" clause.

B.4.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-03

   draft-dusseault-http-patch was published as RFC 5789.
   draft-ietf-webdav-bind was published as RFC 5842.  Fix typo in
   MKACTIVITY entry.  Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.
   Fix change log section titles.

B.5.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-04

   Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.

B.6.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-05

   Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.

B.7.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-06

   Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.

B.8.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-07

   Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.

B.9.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-08

   Added itempotency information.  Update
   draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.

B.10.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-09

   Closed issues:

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   o  <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/377>: "what is the
      idempotency of LINK and UNLINK?"

   Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.

B.11.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-10

   Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.

B.12.  Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-11

   Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.

Author's Address

   Julian F. Reschke
   greenbytes GmbH
   Hafenweg 16
   Muenster, NW  48155
   Germany

   EMail: julian.reschke@greenbytes.de
   URI:   http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/

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