HTTP Representation Variants
draft-ietf-httpbis-variants-06
Document | Type | Expired Internet-Draft (httpbis WG) | |
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Author | Mark Nottingham | ||
Last updated | 2020-05-06 (Latest revision 2019-11-03) | ||
Replaces | draft-nottingham-variants | ||
Stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
Intended RFC status | (None) | ||
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https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-variants-06.txt
Abstract
This specification introduces an alternative way to select a HTTP response from a cache based upon its request headers, using the HTTP "Variants" and "Variant-Key" response header fields. Its aim is to make HTTP proactive content negotiation more cache-friendly.
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