W3C - HTTP/NG Transition

• Next briefing package due out by 7July 1998:

  • HTTP-NG Architecture Model WD
  • HTTP-NG Wire Protocol WD
  • Description of the HTTP-NG Testbed Note
  • MUX Protocol WD (provides bidirectionality - client can become server and vice versa)
  • Classic Web interfaces in HTTP-NG WD

• To be submitted as IETF Internet Drafts for IETF meeting in August

• Transition to HTTP/NG will be gradual

  • Use of proxies
  • HTTP/1.1 UPGRADE header
  • Layer HTTP/NG on top of HTTP/NG using POST

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