- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 18:25:04 PST
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
CGI is currently not mentioned in either HTTP/1.0 or HTTP/1.1. I'm a
little wary about discussion of CGI in HTTP-WG, except insofar as the
existance of CGI might put some constraints on the 'typical HTTP
implementation'.
There's a proposal to start a new CGI working group that would develop
a CGI specification. Although many HTTP-WG members might also want to
participate in CGI development, I don't think that the work should be
done within this group, at least at this time.
There is an Internet draft for CGI. I suggest those who are interested
contact the author and initiate a new working group on the topic.
> Title : The WWW Common Gateway Interface Version 1.1
> Author(s) : D. Robinson
> Filename : draft-robinson-www-interface-01.txt, .ps
> Pages : 19
> Date : 02/15/1996
> The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a simple interface for running
> external programs, software or gateways under an information server in a
> platform-independent manner. Currently, the supported information servers
> are HTTP servers.
> The interface has been in use by the World-Wide Web since 1993. This
> specification defines the interface known as `CGI/1.1', and its use on the
> Unix(R) and AmigaDOS(tm) systems.
Received on Thursday, 22 February 1996 18:26:57 UTC