File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 2616

Authors:

R. Fielding, Ed.
M. Nottingham, Ed.
J. Reschke, Ed.

Stream:

IETF

Source:

httpbis (app)

Cite this RFC: TXT  |  XML

DOI:  10.17487/RFC7234

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Abstract

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless \%application- level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypertext information systems. This document defines HTTP caches and the associated header fields that control cache behavior or indicate cacheable response messages.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.

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