The Sunset HTTP Header Field
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Network Working Group E. Wilde
Internet-Draft December 29, 2018
Intended status: Informational
Expires: July 2, 2019
The Sunset HTTP Header Field
draft-wilde-sunset-header-09
Abstract
This specification defines the Sunset HTTP response header field,
which indicates that a URI is likely to become unresponsive at a
specified point in the future. It also defines a sunset link
relation type that allows linking to resources providing information
about an upcoming resource or service sunset.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Temporary Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3. Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4. Deprecation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. The Sunset HTTP Response Header Field . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Sunset and Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. Sunset Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. The Sunset Link Relation Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7.1. The Sunset Response Header Field . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7.2. The Sunset Link Relation Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9. Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Appendix A. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1. Introduction
As a general rule, URIs should be stable and persistent, so that
applications can use them as stable and persistent identifiers for
resources. However, there are many scenarios where for a variety of
reasons, URIs have a limited lifetime. In some of these scenarios,
this limited lifetime is known in advance. In this case, it can be
useful for clients if resources make this information about their
limited lifetime known. This specification defines the Sunset HTTP
response header field, which indicates that a URI is likely to become
unresponsive at a specified point in the future.
This specification also defines a link relation type "sunset" that
allows to provide information about a resource's or a service's
sunset policy, and/or upcoming sunsets, and/or possible mitigation
scenarios for resource/service users. This specification does not
place any constraints on the nature of the linked resource, which can
be targeted at humans, at machines, or a combination of both.
Possible scenarios for known lifetimes of resources include, but are
not limited to the following scenarios.
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