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PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 9651

Authors:

M. Nottingham
P-H. Kamp

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IETF

Source:

httpbis (wit)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8941

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Abstract

This document describes a set of data types and associated algorithmsthat are intended to make it easier and safer to define and handleHTTP header and trailer fields, known as "Structured Fields","Structured Headers", or "Structured Trailers". It is intended foruse by specifications of new HTTP fields that wish to use a commonsyntax that is more restrictive than traditional HTTP field values.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.