HTTP Bar BoF: scheduling, possible topics

How do people feel about an HTTP Bar BoF on Wednesday, 12 July, at  
8pm (after the plenary session)?

Some topics for discussion might include:

1) Document Status

* RFC2616bis - http://ietfreport.isoc.org/idref/draft-gettys-http-v11- 
spec-rev/
* http://www.w3.org/mid/1079970660.3433.15.camel@laptop.gettys.org

2) Errata Candidates <http://skrb.org/ietf/http_errata.html>

* Bodies on GET (and other) requests - http://www.w3.org/mid/ 
200606221739.k5MHd3PA013395@pobox-pa.hpl.hp.com
* Default charsets for text media types - http://www.w3.org/mid/ 
B6C10798-0A18-4D37-AEC7-E93E8C0F102A@yahoo-inc.com
* PUT side effects - http://www.w3.org/mid/14CD0D0B-6876-4E91- 
BF34-2BD392D3C162@yahoo-inc.com
* ETags (and other metadata) - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ 
draft-whitehead-http-etag-00.txt
* no-store invalidation - http://www.w3.org/mid/ 
200507272138.j6RLclHA025876@wera.hpl.hp.com
* Requiring Allow in 405 responses - http://www.w3.org/mid/ 
40d68614138753176bae9fbe7a358bc0@gbiv.com
* Accept-Encoding BNF - http://www.w3.org/mid/429F0D20.3000306@yahoo.com
* Import query BNF - http://www.w3.org/mid/ 
1116859521.4960.54.camel@sukothai.pingtel.com
* PUT idempotency - http://www.w3.org/mid/ 
13f8f5c91d2a2ecbf43cb27e25914e3b@mnot.net
* Connection closing - http://www.w3.org/mid/ 
20050226112415.GA11563@manyfish.co.uk
* Age calculation - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/ 
2002JulSep/0048.html
* header LWS - http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.BSF. 
4.58.0403151638050.17944@measurement-factory.com
* qdtext BNF - http://www.w3.org/mid/ 
20040315171054.GA9731@mail.shareable.org
* OPTIONS * - http://www.w3.org/mid/3FC2859D.4070504@gmx.de
* TRACE security considerations - http://www.w3.org/mid/Pine.BSF. 
4.53.0302141609440.56878@measurement-factory.com

3) Related Work

* Extensions/Additions to HTTP
   - Delta encoding with Atom entries - http://bobwyman.pubsub.com/ 
main/2004/09/using_rfc3229_w.html
   - http://www.faqs.org/ftp/pub/internet-drafts/draft-dusseault-http- 
patch-06.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-manoj-cachecontrol-00.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-nottingham-http-link- 
header-00.txt
   - http://www.mnot.net/drafts/draft-nottingham-http-poe-00.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-pettersen-subtld- 
structure-00.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-pettersen-dns-cookie- 
validate-00.txt

* Things Built on top of HTTP ("Bindings", etc.)
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-kunze-thump-00.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-maes-lemonade-http- 
binding-04.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-schulzrinne-geopriv- 
relo-00.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-simple-xcap-11.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-winterbottom-http- 
location-delivery-03.txt

* Authentication, Identity and Security
   - wse BoF
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hartman-webauth-00.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-hodges-saml-lsso-00.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-merrells-dix-02.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-nystrom-http-sasl-12.txt
   - http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-sayre-http-hmac- 
digest-01.txt

Does this seem interesting? Too much? What did I miss?

--
Mark Nottingham     http://www.mnot.net/

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