The No-Vary-Search HTTP Caching Extension
draft-ietf-httpbis-no-vary-search-09

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'The No-Vary-Search HTTP Caching Extension' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-httpbis-no-vary-search-06.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'The No-Vary-Search HTTP Caching Extension'
  (draft-ietf-httpbis-no-vary-search-06.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the HTTP Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Gorry Fairhurst and Mike Bishop.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpbis-no-vary-search/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This specification defines an extension to HTTP Caching, changing how
   key=value pairs in the URI query fragment impact caching.

Working Group Summary

   The input on this document has mainly been from a few (4-5)
   individuals who worked hard on reviewing caching aspects and consistency
   with other documents. This document originated as a W3C draft, and still
   carries some of the flavor of that background.

   A few participants felt that the name was too narrow to one particular use-
   case, which could hamper discoverability. This was ultimately set aside as
   a recurring bikeshed, as it does not impact the technical behavior.

Document Quality

   There are at least two implementations in shipping web browsers, with
   additional implementation interest from others.

Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Tommy Pauly. The Responsible
   Area Director is Mike Bishop.

IANA Note

  This document registers a new field name in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  (HTTP) Field Name Registry (https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-fields/http-fields.xhtml).

RFC Editor Note