Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Parameters

(last updated 2009-09-02)

Registries included below:
- HTTP Content-Coding Values
- HTTP Transfer-Coding Values


Registry Name: HTTP Content-Coding Values
Reference: [RFC2616]
Registration Procedures: First Come First Served with specification recommended

Registry:
Name           Description                                         Reference  Notes
-------------  --------------------------------------------------  ---------  -----------
compress       UNIX "compress" program method                      [RFC2616]  Section 3.5
deflate        "zlib" format [RFC1950] with "deflate" compression  [RFC2616]  Section 3.5
exi            W3C Efficient XML Interchange                       [EXI]
gzip           Same as GNU zip [RFC1952]                           [RFC2616]  Section 3.5
identity       No transformation                                   [RFC2616]  Section 3.5
pack200-gzip   Network Transfer Format for Java Archives           [JSR200]


Registry Name: HTTP Transfer-Coding Values
Reference: [RFC2616]
Registration Procedures: First Come First Served with specification recommended

Registry:
Name          Description                                         Reference  Notes
------------  --------------------------------------------------  ---------  -------------
chunked       Transfer in a series of chunks                      [RFC2616]  Section 3.6.1
compress      UNIX "compress" program method                      [RFC2616]  Section 3.6
deflate       "zlib" format [RFC1950] with "deflate" compression  [RFC2616]  Section 3.6
gzip          Same as GNU zip [RFC1952]                           [RFC2616]  Section 3.6
identity      (withdrawn in errata to RFC 2616)                   [RFC2616]  Section 3.6


References
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[EXI]      J. Schneider and T. Kamiya, Eds. "Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0", W3C 
           Working Draft, 19 Sep 2008, <http://www.w3.org/TR/exi/>.

[JSR200]   "JSR 200: Network Transfer Format for Java",  <http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=200>,
           Contact: Kumar Srinivasan, <Kumar.Srinivasan&Sun.COM>, John Rose <John.Rose&Sun.COM>, 27 October 2006.		   

[RFC1950]  P. Deutsch and J-L. Gailly, "ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification version 3.3", 
           RFC 1950, May 1996.

[RFC1952]  P. Deutsch, "GZIP file format specification version 4.3", RFC 1952, May 1996.

[RFC2616]  Fielding, R., et. al., "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999.


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