HTTP

RFC 2616

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1)

狀況：http://www.w3.org/standards/techs/http

文件：http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt

文件摘要

• • The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.

    • HTTP用在哪裡？應用層的通訊協定，用於分散式、合作的、超媒體的資訊系統。

  • It is a generic, stateless, protocol which can be used for many tasks beyond its use for hypertext, such as name servers and distributed object management systems, through extension of its request methods, error codes and headers.

    • HTTP是什麼？通用的、無狀態的通訊協定。

  • A feature of HTTP is the typing and negotiation of data representation, allowing systems to be built independently of the data being transferred.

    • HTTP的特色？在於資料表示上的樣式與協商方式，HTTP允許系統的建置與資料傳輸兩者獨立無關。

  • HTTP has been in use by the World-Wide Web global information initiative since 1990.

    • 已經使用在全球資訊網上了

  • This specification defines the protocol referred to as "HTTP/1.1", and is an update to RFC 2068.

    • 這是1.1版，還有1.0與0.9的舊版本。

架構

• 1. Introduction

  2. Notational Conventions and Generic Grammar

  3. Protocol Parameters

  4. HTTP Message

  5. Request

  6. Response

  7. Entity

  8. Connections

  9. Method Definitions

  10. Status Code Definitions

  11. Access Authentication

  12. Content Negotiation

  13. Caching in HTTP

  14. Header Field Definitions

  15. Security Considerations

  16. Acknowledgments

  17. References

  18. Authors' Addresses

  19. Appendices

  20. Index

  21. Full Copyright Statement