I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-http-versions-00.txt

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       Title     : Use and interpretation of HTTP version numbers          
       Author(s) : J. Mogul, R. Fielding, J. Gettys, H. Frystyk
       Filename  : draft-ietf-http-versions-00.txt
       Pages     : 6
       Date      : 01/24/1997

HTTP request and response messages include an HTTP protocol version number.
Some confusion exists concerning the proper use and interpretation of HTTP 
version numbers, and concerning interoperability of HTTP implementations of
different protocol versions.  This document is an attempt to clarify the 
situation.  It is not a modification of the intended meaning of the 
existing HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 documents, but it does describe the 
intention of the authors of those documents, and can be considered 
definitive when there is any ambiguity in those documents concerning HTTP 
version numbers, for all versions of HTTP.                                 

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