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HTTP Representation Variants
draft-ietf-httpbis-variants-06

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (httpbis WG)
Expired & archived
Author Mark Nottingham
Last updated 2022-11-30 (Latest revision 2019-11-03)
Replaces draft-nottingham-variants
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
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Submit HTTP Representation Variants
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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.

Authors

Mark Nottingham

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