RFC - 1945

Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1945.txt
Authors:	T. Berners-Lee [MIT/LCS], R. Fielding [UC Irvine], H. Frystyk [MIT/LCS]
Date:	May 1996
Category:	Informational

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Referred by:	46 RFC
Refers to:	16 RFC

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Status

This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

IESG Note

The IESG has concerns about this protocol, and expects this document to be replaced relatively soon by a standards track document.

Abstract

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol with the lightness and speed necessary for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. It is a generic, stateless, object-oriented protocol which can be used for many tasks, such as name servers and distributed object management systems, through extension of its request methods (commands). A feature of HTTP is the typing of data representation, allowing systems to be built independently of the data being transferred.

HTTP has been in use by the World-Wide Web global information initiative since 1990. This specification reflects common usage of the protocol referred to as "HTTP/1.0".

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