RFC 8673 on HTTP Random Access and Live Content

From: <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> · Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:09:34 -0800 (PST)

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        RFC 8673

        Title:      HTTP Random Access and Live 
                    Content 
        Author:     C. Pratt,
                    D. Thakore,
                    B. Stark
        Status:     Experimental
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       November 2019
        Mailbox:    pratt@acm.org, 
                    d.thakore@cablelabs.com, 
                    barbara.stark@att.com
        Pages:      10
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-httpbis-rand-access-live-04.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8673

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC8673

To accommodate byte-range requests for content that has data appended
over time, this document defines semantics that allow an HTTP client
and a server to perform byte-range GET and HEAD requests that start
at an arbitrary byte offset within the representation and end at an
indeterminate offset.

This document is a product of the HTTP Working Group of the IETF.

EXPERIMENTAL: This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the
Internet community.  It does not specify an Internet standard of any
kind. Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
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