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Independent Submission                                  H. Van de SompelRequest for Comments: 7089                Los Alamos National LaboratoryCategory: Informational                                        M. NelsonISSN: 2070-1721                                  Old Dominion University                                                            R. Sanderson                                          Los Alamos National Laboratory                                                           December 2013HTTP Framework for Time-Based Access to Resource States -- MementoAbstract   The HTTP-based Memento framework bridges the present and past Web.   It facilitates obtaining representations of prior states of a given   resource by introducing datetime negotiation and TimeMaps.  Datetime   negotiation is a variation on content negotiation that leverages the   given resource's URI and a user agent's preferred datetime.  TimeMaps   are lists that enumerate URIs of resources that encapsulate prior   states of the given resource.  The framework also facilitates   recognizing a resource that encapsulates a frozen prior state of   another resource.Status of This Memo   This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is   published for informational purposes.   This is a contribution to the RFC Series, independently of any other   RFC stream.  The RFC Editor has chosen to publish this document at   its discretion and makes no statement about its value for   implementation or deployment.  Documents approved for publication by   the RFC Editor are not a candidate for any level of Internet   Standard; seeSection 2 of RFC 5741.   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained athttp://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7089.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                     [Page 1]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013Copyright Notice   Copyright (c) 2013 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the   document authors.  All rights reserved.   This document is subject toBCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal   Provisions Relating to IETF Documents   (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of   publication of this document.  Please review these documents   carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect   to this document.Table of Contents1. Introduction ....................................................41.1. Terminology ................................................41.2. Notational Conventions .....................................41.3. Purpose ....................................................52. HTTP Headers, Link Relation Types ...............................72.1. HTTP Headers ...............................................72.1.1. Accept-Datetime and Memento-Datetime ................72.1.2. Vary ................................................82.1.3. Link ................................................82.2. Link Relation Types ........................................92.2.1. Link Relation Type "original" .......................92.2.2. Link Relation Type "timegate" .......................92.2.3. Link Relation Type "timemap" ........................92.2.4. Link Relation Type "memento" .......................103. Overview of the Memento Framework ..............................113.1. Datetime Negotiation ......................................113.2. TimeMaps ..................................................134. Datetime Negotiation: HTTP Interactions ........................14      4.1. Pattern 1 - The Original Resource Acts as Its Own           TimeGate ..................................................15           4.1.1. Pattern 1.1 - URI-R=URI-G; 302-Style                  Negotiation; Distinct URI-M  for Mementos ..........16           4.1.2. Pattern 1.2 - URI-R=URI-G; 200-Style                  Negotiation; Distinct URI-M for Mementos ...........18           4.1.3. Pattern 1.3 - URI-R=URI-G; 200-Style                  Negotiation; No Distinct URI-M for Mementos ........19      4.2. Pattern 2 - A Remote Resource Acts as a TimeGate           for the Original Resource .................................20           4.2.1. Pattern 2.1 - URI-R<>URI-G; 302-Style                  Negotiation; Distinct URI-M for Mementos ...........22           4.2.2. Pattern 2.2 - URI-R<>URI-G; 200-Style                  Negotiation; Distinct URI-M for Mementos ...........24           4.2.3. Pattern 2.3 - URI-R<>URI-G; 200-Style                  Negotiation; No Distinct URI-M for Mementos ........25Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                     [Page 2]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 20134.3. Pattern 3 - The Original Resource is a Fixed Resource .....264.4. Pattern 4 - Mementos without a TimeGate ...................274.5. Special Cases .............................................294.5.1. Original Resource Provides No "timegate" Link ......29           4.5.2. Server Exists but Original Resource No                  Longer Does ........................................294.5.3. Issues with Accept-Datetime ........................304.5.4. Memento of a 3XX Response ..........................30           4.5.5. Memento of Responses with 4XX or 5XX HTTP                  Status Codes .......................................32           4.5.6. Sticky "Memento-Datetime" and "original"                  Link for Mementos ..................................334.5.7. Intermediate Resources .............................344.5.8. Resources Excluded from Datetime Negotiation .......355. TimeMaps: Content and Serialization ............................365.1. Special Cases .............................................385.1.1. Index and Paging TimeMaps ..........................385.1.2. Mementos for TimeMaps ..............................396. IANA Considerations ............................................406.1. HTTP Headers ..............................................406.2. Link Relation Types .......................................407. Security Considerations ........................................418. Acknowledgements ...............................................429. References .....................................................429.1. Normative References ......................................429.2. Informative References ....................................42Appendix A. Use of Headers and Relation Types per Pattern .........43Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                     [Page 3]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 20131.  Introduction1.1.  Terminology   This specification uses the terms "resource", "request", "response",   "entity-body", "content negotiation", "user agent", and "server" as   described in [RFC2616], and it uses the terms "representation" and   "resource state" as described in [W3C.REC-aww-20041215].   In addition, the following terms specific to the Memento framework   are introduced:   o  Original Resource: An Original Resource is a resource that exists      or used to exist, and for which access to one of its prior states      may be required.   o  Memento: A Memento for an Original Resource is a resource that      encapsulates a prior state of the Original Resource.  A Memento      for an Original Resource as it existed at time T is a resource      that encapsulates the state the Original Resource had at time T.   o  TimeGate: A TimeGate for an Original Resource is a resource that      is capable of datetime negotiation to support access to prior      states of the Original Resource.   o  TimeMap: A TimeMap for an Original Resource is a resource from      which a list of URIs of Mementos of the Original Resource is      available.1.2.  Notational Conventions   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].   When needed for extra clarity, the following conventions are used:   o  URI-R is used to denote the URI of an Original Resource.   o  URI-G is used to denote the URI of a TimeGate.   o  URI-M is used to denote the URI of a Memento.   o  URI-T is used to denote the URI of a TimeMap.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                     [Page 4]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 20131.3.  Purpose   The state of an Original Resource may change over time.   Dereferencing its URI at any specific moment yields a response that   reflects the resource's state at that moment: a representation of the   resource's state (e.g., "200 OK" HTTP status code), an indication of   its nonexistence (e.g., "404 Not Found" HTTP status code), a relation   to another resource (e.g., "302 Found" HTTP status code), etc.   However, responses may also exist that reflect prior states of an   Original Resource: a representation of a prior state of the Original   Resource, an indication that the Original Resource did not exist at   some time in the past, a relation that the Original Resource had to   another resource at some time in the past, etc.  Mementos that   provide such responses exist in Web archives, content management   systems, or revision control systems, among others.  For any given   Original Resource several Mementos may exist, each one reflecting a   frozen prior state of the Original Resource.   Examples are:   Mementos for Original Resourcehttp://www.ietf.org/ are as follows:   ohttp://web.archive.org/web/19970107171109/http://www.ietf.org/   ohttp://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080906200044/http://www.ietf.org/   Mementos for Original Resourcehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol are as   follows:   ohttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol&oldid=366806574   ohttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol&oldid=33912   ohttp://web.archive.org/web/20071011153017/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol   Mementos for Original Resourcehttp://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/ are as   follows:   ohttp://www.w3.org/TR/2004/PR-webarch-20041105/   ohttp://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-webarch-20020830/   ohttp://archive.is/20120527002537/http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                     [Page 5]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   In the abstract, the Memento framework introduces a mechanism to   access versions of Web resources that:   o  Is fully distributed in the sense that resource versions may      reside on multiple servers, and that any such server is likely      only aware of the versions it holds;   o  Uses the global notion of datetime as a resource version indicator      and access key;   o  Leverages the following primitives of [W3C.REC-aww-20041215]:      resource, resource state, representation, content negotiation, and      link.   The core components of Memento's mechanism to access resource   versions are:   1.  The abstract notion of the state of an Original Resource (URI-R)       as it existed at datetime T.  Note the relationship with the       ability to identify the state of a resource at datetime T by       means of a URI as intended by the proposed Dated URI scheme       [DATED-URI].   2.  A "bridge" from the present to the past, consisting of:       o  The existence of a TimeGate (URI-G), which is aware of (at          least part of the) version history of the Original Resource          (URI-R);       o  The ability to negotiate in the datetime dimension with that          TimeGate (URI-G), as a means to access the state that the          Original Resource (URI-R) had at datetime T.   3.  A "bridge" from the past to the present, consisting of an       appropriately typed link from a Memento (URI-M), which       encapsulates the state the Original Resource (URI-R) had at       datetime T, to the Original Resource (URI-R).   4.  The existence of a TimeMap (URI-T) from which a list of all       Mementos that encapsulate a prior state of the Original Resource       (URI-R) can be obtained.   This document is concerned with specifying an instantiation of these   abstractions for resources that are identified by HTTP(S) URIs.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                     [Page 6]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 20132.  HTTP Headers, Link Relation Types   The Memento framework is concerned with HEAD and GET interactions   with Original Resources, TimeGates, Mementos, and TimeMaps that are   identified by HTTP or HTTPS URIs.  Details are only provided for   resources identified by HTTP URIs but apply similarly to those with   HTTPS URIs.2.1.  HTTP Headers   The Memento framework operates at the level of HTTP request and   response headers.  It introduces two new headers ("Accept-Datetime"   and "Memento-Datetime") and introduces new values for two existing   headers ("Vary" and "Link").  Other HTTP headers are present or   absent in Memento response/request cycles as specified by [RFC2616].2.1.1.  Accept-Datetime and Memento-Datetime   The "Accept-Datetime" request header is transmitted by a user agent   to indicate it wants to access a past state of an Original Resource.   To that end, the "Accept-Datetime" header is conveyed in an HTTP   request issued against a TimeGate for an Original Resource, and its   value indicates the datetime of the desired past state of the   Original Resource.   Example of an "Accept-Datetime" request header:   Accept-Datetime: Thu, 31 May 2007 20:35:00 GMT   The "Memento-Datetime" response header is used by a server to   indicate that a response reflects a prior state of an Original   Resource.  Its value expresses the datetime of that state.  The URI   of the Original Resource for which the response reflects a prior   state is provided as the Target IRI of a link provided in the HTTP   "Link" header that has a Relation Type of "original" (seeSection 2.2).   The presence of a "Memento-Datetime" header and associated value for   a given response constitutes a promise that the resource state   reflected in the response will no longer change (seeSection 4.5.6).   Example of a "Memento-Datetime" response header:   Memento-Datetime: Wed, 30 May 2007 18:47:52 GMT   Values for the "Accept-Datetime" and "Memento-Datetime" headers   consist of a MANDATORY datetime expressed according to the [RFC1123]   format, which is formalized by therfc1123-date construction rule ofVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                     [Page 7]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   the BNF in Figure 1.  This BNF is derived from the HTTP-date   construction of the BNF for Full Dates provided in [RFC2616].  The   datetime is case sensitive with names for days and months exactly as   shown in the wkday and month construction rules of the BNF,   respectively.  The datetime MUST be represented in Greenwich Mean   Time (GMT).   accept-dt-value =rfc1123-daterfc1123-date = wkday "," SP date1 SP time SP "GMT"   date1        = 2DIGIT SP month SP 4DIGIT                     ; day month year (e.g., 20 Mar 1957)   time         = 2DIGIT ":" 2DIGIT ":" 2DIGIT                     ; 00:00:00 - 23:59:59 (e.g., 14:33:22)   wkday        = "Mon" | "Tue" | "Wed" | "Thu" | "Fri" | "Sat" |                  "Sun"   month        = "Jan" | "Feb" | "Mar" | "Apr" | "May" | "Jun" |                  "Jul" | "Aug" | "Sep" | "Oct" | "Nov" | "Dec"                   Figure 1: BNF for the Datetime Format2.1.2.  Vary   Generally, the "Vary" header is used in HTTP responses to indicate   the dimensions in which content negotiation is possible.  In the   Memento framework, a TimeGate uses the "Vary" header with a value   that includes "accept-datetime" to convey that datetime negotiation   is possible.   For example, this use of the "Vary" header indicates that datetime is   the only dimension in which negotiation is possible:   Vary: accept-datetime   The use of the "Vary" header in this example shows that both datetime   negotiation and media type content negotiation are possible:   Vary: accept-datetime, accept2.1.3.  Link   The Memento framework defines the "original", "timegate", "timemap",   and "memento" Relation Types to convey typed links among Original   Resources, TimeGates, Mementos, and TimeMaps.  They are defined inSection 2.2, below.  In addition, existing Relation Types may be   used, for example, to support navigating among Mementos.  Examples   are "first", "last", "prev", "next", "predecessor-version", and   "successor-version" as detailed in [RFC5988] and [RFC5829].Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                     [Page 8]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 20132.2.  Link Relation Types   This section introduces the Relation Types used in the Memento   framework.  They are defined in a general way, and their use in HTTP   "Link" headers [RFC5988] is described in detail.  The use of these   Relation Types in TimeMaps is described inSection 5.2.2.1.  Link Relation Type "original"   "original" -- A link with an "original" Relation Type is used to   point from a TimeGate or a Memento to its associated Original   Resource.   Use in HTTP "Link" headers: Responses to HTTP HEAD/GET requests   issued against a TimeGate or a Memento MUST include exactly one link   with an "original" Relation Type in their HTTP "Link" header.2.2.2.  Link Relation Type "timegate"   "timegate" -- A link with a "timegate" Relation Type is used to point   from the Original Resource, as well as from a Memento associated with   the Original Resource, to a TimeGate for the Original Resource.   Use in HTTP "Link" headers: If there is a TimeGate associated with an   Original Resource or Memento that is preferred for use, then   responses to HTTP HEAD/GET requests issued against these latter   resources MUST include a link with a "timegate" Relation Type in   their HTTP "Link" header.  Since multiple TimeGates can exist for any   Original Resource, multiple "timegate" links MAY occur, each with a   distinct Target IRI.2.2.3.  Link Relation Type "timemap"   "timemap" -- A link with a "timemap" Relation Type is used to point   from a TimeGate or a Memento associated with an Original Resource, as   well as from the Original Resource itself, to a TimeMap for the   Original Resource.   Attributes: A link with a "timemap" Relation Type SHOULD use the   "type" attribute to convey the MIME type of the TimeMap   serialization.  The "from" and "until" attributes may be used to   express the start and end of the temporal interval covered by   Mementos listed in the TimeMap.  That is, the linked TimeMap will not   contain Mementos with archival datetimes outside of the expressed   temporal interval.  Attempts SHOULD be made to convey this interval   as accurately as possible.  The value for the these attributes MUSTVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                     [Page 9]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   be a datetime expressed according to therfc1123-date construction   rule of the BNF in Figure 1, and it MUST be represented in Greenwich   Mean Time (GMT).   Use in HTTP "Link" headers: If there is a TimeMap associated with an   Original Resource, a TimeGate, or a Memento that is preferred for   use, then responses to HTTP HEAD/GET requests issued against these   latter resources MUST include a link with a "timemap" Relation Type   in their HTTP "Link" header.  Multiple such links, each with a   distinct Target IRI, MAY be expressed as a means to point to   different TimeMaps or to different serializations of the same   TimeMap.  In all cases, use of the "from" and "until" attributes is   OPTIONAL.2.2.4.  Link Relation Type "memento"   "memento" -- A link with a "memento" Relation Type is used to point   from a TimeGate or a Memento for an Original Resource, as well as   from the Original Resource itself, to a Memento for the Original   Resource.   Attributes: A link with a "memento" Relation Type MUST include a   "datetime" attribute with a value that matches the "Memento-Datetime"   of the Memento that is the target of the link; that is, the value of   the "Memento-Datetime" header that is returned when the URI of the   linked Memento is dereferenced.  The value for the "datetime"   attribute MUST be a datetime expressed according to therfc1123-date   construction rule of the BNF in Figure 1, and it MUST be represented   in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).  This link MAY include a "license"   attribute to associate a license with the Memento; the value for the   "license" attribute MUST be a URI.   Use in HTTP "Link" headers: Responses to HTTP HEAD/GET requests   issued against an Original Resource, a TimeGate, and a Memento MAY   include links in their HTTP "Link" headers with a "memento" Relation   Type.  For responses in which a Memento is selected, the provision of   navigational links that lead to Mementos other than the selected one   can be beneficial to the user agent.  Of special importance are links   that lead to the temporally first and last Memento known to the   responding server, as well as links leading to Mementos that are   temporally adjacent to the selected one.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 10]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 20133.  Overview of the Memento Framework   The Memento framework defines two complementary approaches to support   obtaining representations of prior states of an Original Resource:   o  Datetime Negotiation: Datetime negotiation is a variation on      content negotiation by which a user agent expresses a datetime      preference pertaining to the representation of an Original      Resource, instead of, for example, a media type preference.  Based      on the responding server's knowledge of the past of the Original      Resource, it selects a Memento of the Original Resource that best      meets the user agent's datetime preference.  An overview is      provided inSection 3.1; details are inSection 4.   o  TimeMaps: A TimeMap is a resource from which a list can be      obtained that provides a comprehensive overview of the past of an      Original Resource.  A server makes a TimeMap available that      enumerates all Mementos that the server is aware of, along with      their archival datetime.  A user agent can obtain the TimeMap and      select Mementos from it.  An overview is provided inSection 3.2;      details are inSection 5.3.1.  Datetime Negotiation   Figure 2 provides a schematic overview of a successful request/   response chain that involves datetime negotiation.  Dashed lines   depict HTTP transactions between user agent and server.  The   interactions are for a scenario where the Original Resource resides   on one server, whereas both its TimeGate and Mementos reside on   another (Pattern 2.1 (Section 4.2.1) inSection 4).  Scenarios also   exist in which all these resources are on the same server (for   example, content management systems) or all are on different servers   (for example, an aggregator of TimeGates).   1: UA --- HTTP HEAD/GET; Accept-Datetime: T ----------------> URI-R   2: UA <-- HTTP 200; Link: URI-G ----------------------------- URI-R   3: UA --- HTTP HEAD/GET; Accept-Datetime: T ----------------> URI-G   4: UA <-- HTTP 302; Location: URI-M; Vary; Link:         URI-R,URI-T ------------------------------------------> URI-G   5: UA --- HTTP GET URI-M; Accept-Datetime: T ---------------> URI-M   6: UA <-- HTTP 200; Memento-Datetime: T; Link:         URI-R,URI-T,URI-G ------------------------------------- URI-M          Figure 2: A Datetime Negotiation Request/Response ChainVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 11]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   Step 1:  The user agent that wants to access a prior state of the            Original Resource issues an HTTP HEAD/GET against URI-R that            has an "Accept-Datetime" HTTP header with a value of the            datetime of the desired state.   Step 2:  The response from URI-R includes an HTTP "Link" header with            a Relation Type of "timegate" pointing at a TimeGate (URI-G)            for the Original Resource.   Step 3:  The user agent starts the datetime negotiation process with            the TimeGate by issuing an HTTP GET request against URI-G            that has an "Accept-Datetime" HTTP header with a value of            the datetime of the desired prior state of the Original            Resource.   Step 4:  The response from URI-G includes a "Location" header            pointing at a Memento (URI-M) for the Original Resource.  In            addition, the response contains an HTTP "Link" header with a            Relation Type of "original" pointing at the Original            Resource (URI-R), and an HTTP "Link" header with a Relation            Type of "timemap" pointing at a TimeMap (URI-T).   Step 5:  The user agent issues an HTTP GET request against URI-M.   Step 6:  The response from URI-M includes a "Memento-Datetime" HTTP            header with a value of the archival datetime of the Memento.            It also contains an HTTP "Link" header with a Relation Type            of "original" pointing at the Original Resource (URI-R),            with a Relation Type of "timegate" pointing at a TimeGate            (URI-G) for the Original Resource, and with a Relation Type            of "timemap" pointing at a TimeMap (URI-T) for the Original            Resource.  The state that is expressed by the response is            the state the Original Resource had at the archival datetime            expressed in the "Memento-Datetime" header.   In order to respond to a datetime negotiation request, the server   uses an internal algorithm to select the Memento that best meets the   user agent's datetime preference.  The exact nature of the selection   algorithm is at the server's discretion but is intended to be   consistent, for example, always selecting the Memento that is nearest   in time relative to the requested datetime, always selecting the   Memento that is nearest in the past relative to the requested   datetime, etc.   Due to the sparseness of Mementos in most systems, the value of the   "Memento-Datetime" header returned by a server may differ   (significantly) from the value conveyed by the user agent in "Accept-   Datetime".Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 12]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   Although a Memento encapsulates a prior state of an Original   Resource, the entity-body returned in response to an HTTP GET request   issued against a Memento may very well not be byte-to-byte the same   as an entity-body that was previously returned by that Original   Resource.  Various reasons exist why there are significant chances   these would be different yet do convey substantially the same   information.  These include format migrations as part of a digital   preservation strategy, URI-rewriting as applied by some Web archives,   and the addition of banners as a means to brand Web archives.   When negotiating in the datetime dimension, the regular content   negotiation dimensions (media type, character encoding, language, and   compression) remain available.  It is the TimeGate server's   responsibility to honor (or not) such content negotiation, and in   doing so it MUST always first select a Memento that meets the user   agent's datetime preference, and then consider honoring regular   content negotiation for it.  As a result of this approach, the   returned Memento will not necessarily meet the user agent's regular   content negotiation preferences.  Therefore, it is RECOMMENDED that   the server provides "memento" links in the HTTP "Link" header   pointing at Mementos that do meet the user agent's regular content   negotiation requests and that have a value for the "Memento-Datetime"   header in the temporal vicinity of the user agent's preferred   datetime value.   A user agent that engages in datetime negotiation with a resource   typically starts by issuing an HTTP HEAD, not GET, request with an   "Accept-Datetime" header in order to determine how to proceed.  This   strategy is related to the existence of various server implementation   patterns as will become clear inSection 4.   Details about the HTTP interactions involved in datetime negotiation   are provided inSection 4.3.2.  TimeMaps   Figure 3 provides a schematic overview of a successful request/   response chain that shows a user agent obtaining a TimeMap.  The   pictorial conventions are the same as the ones used in Figure 2, as   is the scenario.  Note that, in addition to a TimeGate, an Original   Resource and a Memento can also provide a link to a TimeMap.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 13]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   1: UA --- HTTP HEAD/GET ------------------------------------> URI-R   2: UA <-- HTTP 200; Link: URI-G ----------------------------- URI-R   3: UA --- HTTP HEAD/GET ------------------------------------> URI-G   4: UA <-- HTTP 302; Location: URI-M; Vary; Link:         URI-R,URI-T ------------------------------------------> URI-G   5: UA --- HTTP GET URI-T -----------------------------------> URI-T   6: UA <-- HTTP 200 ------------------------------------------ URI-T          Figure 3: A Request/Response Chain to Obtain a TimeMap   Step 1:  The user agent that wants to access a TimeMap for the            Original Resource issues an HTTP HEAD/GET against URI-R.            This can be done with or without an "Accept-Datetime" HTTP            header.   Step 2:  Irrespective of the use of an "Accept-Datetime" HTTP header            in Step 1, the response from URI-R includes an HTTP "Link"            header with a Relation Type of "timegate" pointing at a            TimeGate (URI-G) for the Original Resource.   Step 3:  The user agent issues an HTTP GET request against URI-G.            This can be done with or without an "Accept-Datetime" HTTP            header.   Step 4:  Irrespective of the use of an "Accept-Datetime" HTTP header            in Step 1, the response contains an HTTP "Link" header with            a Relation Type of "timemap" pointing at a TimeMap (URI-T).   Step 5:  The user agent issues an HTTP GET request against URI-T.   Step 6:  The response from URI-T has an entity-body that lists all            Mementos for the Original Resource known to the responding            server, as well as their archival datetimes.   Details about the content and serialization of TimeMaps are provided   inSection 5.4.  Datetime Negotiation: HTTP Interactions   Figure 2 depicts a specific pattern to implement the Memento   framework.  Multiple patterns exist, and they can be grouped as   follows:   o  Pattern 1 (Section 4.1) - The Original Resource acts as its own      TimeGate   o  Pattern 2 (Section 4.2) - A remote resource acts as a TimeGate for      the Original ResourceVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 14]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   o  Pattern 3 (Section 4.3) - The Original Resource is a Fixed      Resource   o  Pattern 4 (Section 4.4) - Mementos without a TimeGate   Details of the HTTP interactions for common cases for each of those   patterns are provided in Sections4.1 through4.4.Appendix A   summarizes the use of the "Vary", "Memento-Datetime", and "Link"   headers in responses from Original Resources, TimeGates, and Mementos   for the various patterns.  Special cases are described inSection 4.5.  Note that in the following sections, the HTTP status   code of the responses with an entity-body is shown as "200 OK", but a   series of "206 Partial Content" responses could be substituted.   Figure 4 shows a user agent that attempts to datetime negotiate with   the Original Resource http://a.example.org/ by including an "Accept-   Datetime" header in its HTTP HEAD request.  This initiating request   is the same for Pattern 1 (Section 4.1) through Pattern 3   (Section 4.3).   HEAD / HTTP/1.1   Host: a.example.org   Accept-Datetime: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:35:00 GMT   Connection: close            Figure 4: User Agent Attempts Datetime Negotiation                          with Original Resource4.1.  Pattern 1 - The Original Resource Acts as Its Own TimeGate   In this implementation pattern, the Original Resource acts as its own   TimeGate, which means that URI-R and URI-G coincide.  Content   management systems and revision control systems can support datetime   negotiation in this way as they are commonly aware of the version   history of their own resources.   The response to this request when datetime negotiation for this   resource is supported depends on the negotiation style it uses (200-   style or 302-style) and on the existence or absence of a URI-M for   Mementos that is distinct from the URI-R of the associated Original   Resource.  The various cases are summarized in the below table, and   the server responses for each are detailed in the remainder of this   section.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 15]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   +-------------------+------------+----------+---------+-------------+   |      Pattern      |  Original  | TimeGate | Memento | Negotiation |   |                   |  Resource  |          |         |    Style    |   +-------------------+------------+----------+---------+-------------+   |    Pattern 1.1    |    URI-R   |   URI-R  |  URI-M  |     302     |   |  (Section 4.1.1)  |            |          |         |             |   |    Pattern 1.2    |    URI-R   |   URI-R  |  URI-M  |     200     |   |  (Section 4.1.2)  |            |          |         |             |   |    Pattern 1.3    |    URI-R   |   URI-R  |  URI-R  |     200     |   |  (Section 4.1.3)  |            |          |         |             |   +-------------------+------------+----------+---------+-------------+                            Table 1: Pattern 14.1.1.  Pattern 1.1 - URI-R=URI-G; 302-Style Negotiation; Distinct URI-M   In this case, the response to the user agent's request of Figure 4   has a "302 Found" HTTP status code, and the "Location" header conveys   the URI-M of the selected Memento.  The use of Memento response   headers and links in the response from URI-R=URI-G is as follows:   o  The "Vary" header MUST be provided, and it MUST include the      "accept-datetime" value.   o  The response MUST NOT contain a "Memento-Datetime" header.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided, and it MUST contain at least a      link with the "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the      Original Resource as Target IRI.  The provision of other links is      encouraged and is subject to the considerations described inSection 2.2.   The server's response to the request of Figure 4 is shown in   Figure 5.  Note the inclusion of the recommended link to the TimeGate   that, in this case, has a Target IRI that is the URI-R of the   Original Resource.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 16]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   HTTP/1.1 302 Found   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:06:50 GMT   Server: Apache   Vary: accept-datetime   Location:    http://a.example.org/?version=20010320133610   Link: <http://a.example.org/>; rel="original timegate"   Content-Length: 0   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8   Connection: close            Figure 5: Response from URI-R=URI-G for Pattern 1.1   In a subsequent request, shown in Figure 6, the user agent can obtain   the selected Memento by issuing an HTTP GET request against the URI-M   that was provided in the "Location" header.  The inclusion of the   "Accept-Datetime" header in this request is not needed but will   typically occur as the user agent is in datetime negotiation mode.   GET /?version=20010320133610 HTTP/1.1   Host: a.example.org   Accept-Datetime: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:35:00 GMT   Connection: close              Figure 6: User Agent Requests Selected Memento   The response has a "200 OK" HTTP status code, and the entity-body of   the response contains the representation of the selected Memento.   The use of Memento response headers and links in the response from   URI-M is as follows:   o  A "Vary" header that includes an "accept-datetime" value MUST NOT      be provided.   o  The response MUST include a "Memento-Datetime" header.  Its value      expresses the archival datetime of the Memento.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided, and it MUST contain at least a      link with the "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the      Original Resource as Target IRI.  The provision of other links is      encouraged and is subject to the considerations described inSection 2.2.   The server's response to the request of Figure 6 is shown in   Figure 7.  Note the provision of the required "original", and the   recommended "timegate" and "timemap" links.  The former two point toVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 17]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   the Original Resource, which acts as its own TimeGate.  The latter   has "from" and "until" attributes to indicate the temporal interval   covered by Mementos listed in the linked TimeMap.   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:06:51 GMT   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1   Memento-Datetime: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 13:36:10 GMT   Link: <http://a.example.org/>; rel="original timegate",    <http://a.example.org/?version=all&style=timemap>      ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format"      ; from="Tue, 15 Sep 2000 11:28:26 GMT"      ; until="Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:34:33 GMT"   Content-Length: 23364   Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8   Connection: close               Figure 7: Response from URI-M for Pattern 1.14.1.2.  Pattern 1.2 - URI-R=URI-G; 200-Style Negotiation; Distinct URI-M   In this case, the response to the user agent's request of Figure 4   has a "200 OK" HTTP status code, and the "Content-Location" header   conveys the URI-M of the selected Memento.  The use of Memento   response headers and links in the response from URI-R=URI-G is as   follows:   o  The "Vary" header MUST be provided, and it MUST include the      "accept-datetime" value.   o  The response MUST include a "Memento-Datetime" header.  Its value      expresses the archival datetime of the selected Memento.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided, and it MUST contain at least a      link with the "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the      Original Resource as Target IRI.  The provision of other links is      encouraged and is subject to the considerations described inSection 2.2.   The server's response to the request of Figure 4 is shown in   Figure 8.  Note the provision of optional "memento" links pointing at   the oldest and most recent Memento for the Original Resource known to   the responding server.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 18]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:06:50 GMT   Server: Apache   Vary: accept-datetime   Content-Location:    http://a.example.org/?version=20010320133610   Memento-Datetime: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 13:36:10 GMT   Link: <http://a.example.org/>; rel="original timegate",    <http://a.example.org/?version=20000915112826>    ; rel="memento first"; datetime="Tue, 15 Sep 2000 11:28:26 GMT",    <http://a.example.org/?version=20100120093433>    ; rel="memento last"; datetime="Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:34:33 GMT",    <http://a.example.org/?version=all&style=timemap>    ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format"   Content-Length: 23364   Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8   Connection: close            Figure 8: Response from URI-R=URI-G for Pattern 1.2   In a subsequent request, which is the same as Figure 4 but with HTTP   GET instead of HEAD, the user agent can obtain the representation of   the selected Memento.  It will be provided as the entity-body of a   response that has the same Memento headers as in Figure 8.4.1.3.  Pattern 1.3 - URI-R=URI-G; 200-Style Negotiation; No Distinct        URI-M   In this case, the response to the user agent's request of Figure 4   has a "200 OK" HTTP status code, and it does not contain a "Content-   Location" nor a "Location" header as there is no URI-M of the   selected Memento to convey.  The use of Memento response headers and   links in the response from URI-R=URI-G is as follows:   o  The "Vary" header MUST be provided, and it MUST include the      "accept-datetime" value.   o  The response MUST include a "Memento-Datetime" header.  Its value      expresses the archival datetime of the selected Memento.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided, and it MUST contain at least a      link with the "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the      Original Resource as Target IRI.  The provision of other links is      encouraged and is subject to the considerations described inSection 2.2.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 19]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   The server's response to the request of Figure 4 is shown in   Figure 9.  The recommended "timemap" and "timegate" links are   included in addition to the mandatory "original" link.   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:06:50 GMT   Server: Apache   Vary: accept-datetime   Memento-Datetime: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 13:36:10 GMT   Link: <http://a.example.org/>; rel="original timegate",    <http://a.example.org/?version=all&style=timemap>      ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format"   Content-Length: 23364   Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8   Connection: close            Figure 9: Response from URI-R=URI-G for Pattern 1.3   In a subsequent request, which is the same as Figure 4 but with HTTP   GET instead of HEAD, the user agent can obtain the representation of   the selected Memento.  It will be provided as the entity-body of a   response that has the same Memento headers as in Figure 9.4.2.  Pattern 2 - A Remote Resource Acts as a TimeGate for the Original      Resource   In this implementation pattern, the Original Resource does not act as   its own TimeGate, which means that URI-R and URI-G are different.   This pattern is typically implemented by servers for which the   history of their resources is recorded in remote systems such as Web   archives and transactional archives [Fitch].  But servers that   maintain their own history, such as content management systems and   version control systems, may also implement this pattern, for   example, to distribute the load involved in responding to requests   for current and prior representations of resources between different   servers.   This pattern is summarized in the below table and is detailed in the   remainder of this section.  Three cases exist that differ regarding   the negotiation style that is used by the remote TimeGate and   regarding the existence of a URI-M for Mementos that is distinct from   the URI-G of the TimeGate.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 20]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   +-------------------+------------+----------+---------+-------------+   |      Pattern      |  Original  | TimeGate | Memento | Negotiation |   |                   |  Resource  |          |         |    Style    |   +-------------------+------------+----------+---------+-------------+   |    Pattern 2.1    |    URI-R   |   URI-G  |  URI-M  |     302     |   |  (Section 4.2.1)  |            |          |         |             |   |    Pattern 2.2    |    URI-R   |   URI-G  |  URI-M  |     200     |   |  (Section 4.2.2)  |            |          |         |             |   |    Pattern 2.3    |    URI-R   |   URI-G  |  URI-G  |     200     |   |  (Section 4.2.3)  |            |          |         |             |   +-------------------+------------+----------+---------+-------------+                            Table 2: Pattern 2   The response by the Original Resource to the request shown in   Figure 4 is the same for all three cases.  The use of headers and   links in the response from URI-R is as follows:   o  A "Vary" header that includes an "accept-datetime" value MUST NOT      be provided.   o  The response MUST NOT contain a "Memento-Datetime" header.   o  The "Link" header SHOULD be provided.  It MUST NOT include a link      with an "original" Relation Type.  If a preferred TimeGate is      associated with the Original Resource, then it MUST include a link      with a "timegate" Relation Type that has the URI-G of the TimeGate      as Target IRI.  If a preferred TimeMap is associated with the      Original Resource, then it SHOULD include a link with a "timemap"      Relation Type that has the URI-T of the TimeGate as Target IRI.      Multiple "timegate" and "timemap" links can be provided to      accommodate situations in which the server is aware of multiple      TimeGates or TimeMaps for the Original Resource.   Figure 10 shows such a response.  Note the absence of an "original"   link as the responding resource is neither a TimeGate nor a Memento.   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:02:12 GMT   Server: Apache   Link: <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org/>      ; rel="timegate"   Content-Length: 255   Connection: close   Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1            Figure 10: Response from URI-R<>URI-G for Pattern 2Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 21]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   Once a user agent has obtained the URI-G of a remote TimeGate for the   Original Resource, it can engage in datetime negotiation with that   TimeGate.  Figure 11 shows the request issued against the TimeGate,   whereas Sections4.2.1 through4.2.3 detail the responses for various   TimeGate implementation patterns.   HEAD /timegate/http://a.example.org/ HTTP/1.1   Host: arxiv.example.net   Accept-Datetime: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:35:00 GMT   Connection: close           Figure 11: User Agent Engages in Datetime Negotiation                           with Remote TimeGate4.2.1.  Pattern 2.1 - URI-R<>URI-G; 302-Style Negotiation; Distinct        URI-M   In case the TimeGate uses a 302 negotiation style, the response to   the user agent's request of Figure 11 has a "302 Found" HTTP status   code, and the "Location" header conveys the URI-M of the selected   Memento.  The use of Memento response headers and links in the   response from URI-G is as follows:   o  The "Vary" header MUST be provided, and it MUST include the      "accept-datetime" value.   o  The response MUST NOT contain a "Memento-Datetime" header.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided, and it MUST contain at least a      link with the "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the      Original Resource as Target IRI.  The provision of other links is      encouraged and is subject to the considerations described inSection 2.2.   The server's response to the request of Figure 11 is shown in   Figure 12.  It contains the mandatory "original" link that points   back to the Original Resource associated with this TimeGate, and it   shows the recommended "timemap" link that includes "from" and "until"   attributes.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 22]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   HTTP/1.1 302 Found   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:02:14 GMT   Server: Apache   Vary: accept-datetime   Location:    http://arxiv.example.net/web/20010321203610/http://a.example.org/   Link: <http://a.example.org/>; rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org/>      ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format"      ; from="Tue, 15 Sep 2000 11:28:26 GMT"      ; until="Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:34:33 GMT"   Content-Length: 0   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8   Connection: close           Figure 12: Response from URI-G<>URI-R for Pattern 2.1   In a subsequent HTTP GET request, shown in Figure 13, the user agent   can obtain the selected Memento by issuing an HTTP GET request   against the URI-M that was provided in the "Location" header.  The   inclusion of the "Accept-Datetime" header in this request is not   needed but will typically occur as the user agent is in datetime   negotiation mode.   GET /web/20010321203610/http://a.example.org/ HTTP/1.1   Host: arxiv.example.net/   Accept-Datetime: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:35:00 GMT   Connection: close              Figure 13: User Agent Requests Selected Memento   The response has a "200 OK" HTTP status code.  The use of Memento   response headers and links in the response from URI-M is as follows:   o  A "Vary" header that includes an "accept-datetime" value MUST NOT      be provided.   o  The response MUST include a "Memento-Datetime" header.  Its value      expresses the archival datetime of the Memento.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided, and it MUST contain at least a      link with the "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the      Original Resource as Target IRI.  The provision of other links is      encouraged and is subject to the considerations described inSection 2.2.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 23]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   The server's response to the request of Figure 13 is shown in   Figure 14.  Note the provision of the recommended "timegate" and   "timemap" links.   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:02:15 GMT   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1   Memento-Datetime: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:36:10 GMT   Link: <http://a.example.org/>; rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org/>      ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org/>      ; rel="timegate"   Content-Length: 25532   Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8   Connection: close              Figure 14: Response from URI-M for Pattern 2.14.2.2.  Pattern 2.2 - URI-R<>URI-G; 200-Style Negotiation; Distinct        URI-M   In case the TimeGate uses a 200 negotiation style, and each Memento   has a distinct URI-M, the response to the user agent's request of   Figure 11 has a "200 OK" HTTP status code, and the "Content-Location"   header conveys the URI-M of the selected Memento.  The use of Memento   response headers and links in the response from URI-G is as follows:   o  The "Vary" header MUST be provided, and it MUST include the      "accept-datetime" value.   o  The response MUST include a "Memento-Datetime" header.  Its value      expresses the archival datetime of the Memento.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided, and it MUST contain at least a      link with the "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the      Original Resource as Target IRI.  The provision of other links is      encouraged and is subject to the considerations described inSection 2.2.   The server's response to the request of Figure 11 is shown in   Figure 15.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 24]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:09:40 GMT   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1   Vary: accept-datetime   Content-Location:    http://arxiv.example.net/web/20010321203610/http://a.example.org/   Memento-Datetime: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:36:10 GMT   Link: <http://a.example.org/>; rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org/>      ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org/>      ; rel="timegate"   Content-Length: 25532   Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8   Connection: close           Figure 15: Response from URI-G<>URI-R for Pattern 2.2   In a subsequent request, which is the same as Figure 11 but with HTTP   GET instead of HEAD, the user agent can obtain the representation of   the selected Memento.  It will be provided as the entity-body of a   response that has the same Memento headers as Figure 15.4.2.3.  Pattern 2.3 - URI-R<>URI-G; 200-Style Negotiation; No Distinct        URI-M   In case the TimeGate uses a 200 negotiation style, but Mementos have   no distinct URIs, the response to the user agent's request of   Figure 11 has a "200 OK" HTTP status code, and it does not contain a   "Content-Location" nor "Location" header as there is no URI-M of the   selected Memento to convey.  The use of Memento response headers and   links in the response from URI-G is as follows:   o  The "Vary" header MUST be provided, and it MUST include the      "accept-datetime" value.   o  The response MUST include a "Memento-Datetime" header.  Its value      expresses the archival datetime of the Memento.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided, and it MUST contain at least a      link with the "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the      Original Resource as Target IRI.  The provision of other links is      encouraged and is subject to the considerations described inSection 2.2.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 25]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   The server's response to the request of Figure 11 is shown in   Figure 16.   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:09:40 GMT   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1   Vary: accept-datetime   Memento-Datetime: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:36:10 GMT   Link: <http://a.example.org/>; rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org/>      ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org/>      ; rel="timegate"   Content-Length: 25532   Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8   Connection: close           Figure 16: Response from URI-G<>URI-R for Pattern 2.3   In a subsequent request, which is the same as Figure 11 but with HTTP   GET instead of HEAD, the user agent can obtain the representation of   the selected Memento.  It will be provided as the entity-body of a   response that has the same Memento headers as Figure 16.4.3.  Pattern 3 - The Original Resource is a Fixed Resource   This pattern does not involve datetime negotiation with a TimeGate,   but it can be implemented for Original Resources that never change   state or do not change anymore past a certain point in their   existence, meaning that URI-R and URI-M coincide either from the   outset or starting at some point in time.  This pattern is summarized   in the below table.  Examples are tweets or stable media resources on   news sites.   +----------+----------------+----------+---------+------------------+   |  Pattern |    Original    | TimeGate | Memento |    Negotiation   |   |          |    Resource    |          |         |       Style      |   +----------+----------------+----------+---------+------------------+   |  Pattern |      URI-R     |     -    |  URI-R  |         -        |   |     3    |                |          |         |                  |   +----------+----------------+----------+---------+------------------+                            Table 3: Pattern 3Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 26]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   Servers that host such resources can support the Memento framework by   treating the stable resource (FixedResource as per   [W3C.gen-ont-20090420]) as a Memento.  The use of Memento response   headers and links in responses from such a stable resource is as   follows:   o  A "Vary" header that includes an "accept-datetime" value MUST NOT      be provided.   o  The response MUST include a "Memento-Datetime" header.  Its value      expresses the datetime at which the resource became stable.      Providing this value includes a promise that the resource has not      changed since this datetime and will not change anymore beyond it.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided and MUST have a link with the      "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the stable resource      itself as Target IRI.   Figure 17 shows a response to an HTTP HEAD request for the resource   with URI-R http://a.example.org/ that has been stable since March 20,   2009.   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:09:40 GMT   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1   Memento-Datetime: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:00:00 GMT   Link: <http://a.example.org/>; rel="original"   Content-Length: 875   Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8   Connection: close            Figure 17: Response from URI-R=URI-M for Pattern 34.4.  Pattern 4 - Mementos without a TimeGate   Cases may occur in which a server hosts Mementos but does not expose   a TimeGate for them.  This can, for example, be the case if the   server's Mementos result from taking a snapshot of the state of a set   of Original Resources from another server as it is being retired.  As   a result, only a single Memento per Original Resource is hosted,   making the introduction of a TimeGate unnecessary.  But it may also   be the case for servers that host multiple Mementos for an Original   Resource but consider exposing TimeGates too expensive.  In this   case, URI-R and URI-M are distinct, but a TimeGate is absent.  This   case is summarized in the below table.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 27]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   +----------+----------------+----------+---------+------------------+   |  Pattern |    Original    | TimeGate | Memento |    Negotiation   |   |          |    Resource    |          |         |       Style      |   +----------+----------------+----------+---------+------------------+   |  Pattern |      URI-R     |     -    |  URI-M  |         -        |   |     4    |                |          |         |                  |   +----------+----------------+----------+---------+------------------+                            Table 4: Pattern 4   Servers that host such Mementos without TimeGates can still support   the Memento framework by providing the appropriate Memento headers   and links.  Their use is as follows for a response from URI-M:   o  A "Vary" header that includes an "accept-datetime" value MUST NOT      be provided.   o  The response MUST include a "Memento-Datetime" header.  Its value      expresses the archival datetime of the Memento.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided, and it MUST have a link with      the "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the associated      Original Resource as Target IRI.  The provision of other links is      encouraged and is subject to the considerations described inSection 2.2.   Figure 18 shows a response to an HTTP HEAD request for the Memento   with URI-M   http://arxiv.example.net/web/20010321203610/http://a.example.org/.   Note the use of links: three links have the URI-M of the Memento as   Target IRI and have respective Relation Types "memento", "first", and   "last".  This combination indicates that this is the only Memento for   the Original Resource with Target IRI provided by the "original" link   (http://a.example.org/) of which the server is aware.  Note also that   such a response does not imply that there is no server whatsoever   that exposes a TimeGate; it merely means that the responding server   neither provides nor is aware of the location of a TimeGate.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 28]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:09:40 GMT   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1   Memento-Datetime: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:36:10 GMT   Link: <http://a.example.org/>; rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/web/20010321203610/http://a.example.org/>      ; rel="first last memento"      ; datetime="Wed, 21 Mar 2001 20:36:10 GMT"   Content-Length: 25532   Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8   Connection: close            Figure 18: Response from URI-M<>URI-R for Pattern 44.5.  Special Cases4.5.1.  Original Resource Provides No "timegate" Link   Cases exist in which the response from the Original Resource does not   contain a "timegate" link, including:   o  The Original Resource's server does not support the Memento      framework;   o  The Original Resource no longer exists, and the responding server      is not aware of its prior existence;   o  The server that hosted the Original Resource no longer exists.   In all these cases, the user agent should attempt to determine an   appropriate TimeGate for the Original Resource, either automatically   or interactively supported by the user.4.5.2.  Server Exists but Original Resource No Longer Does   Cases exist in which the server knows that an Original Resource used   to exist, but no longer provides a current representation.  If there   is a preferred TimeGate for such a discontinued Original Resource,   then the server MUST include a "timegate" link in responses to   requests for it.  This may allow access to Mementos for the Original   Resource even if it no longer exists.  A server's response to a   request for the discontinued resource http://a.example.org/pic is   illustrated in Figure 19.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 29]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:02:12 GMT   Server: Apache   Link:    <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org/pic>     ; rel="timegate"   Content-Length: 255   Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8909-1   Connection: close    Figure 19: Response from an Original Resource That No Longer Exists4.5.3.  Issues with Accept-Datetime   The following special cases may occur regarding the "Accept-Datetime"   header when a user agent issues a request against a TimeGate:   o  If the value of the "Accept-Datetime" is either earlier than the      datetime of the first Memento or later than the datetime of the      most recent Memento known to the TimeGate, the first or most      recent Memento MUST be selected, respectively.   o  If the value of the "Accept-Datetime" does not conform to therfc1123-date construction rule of the BNF in Figure 1, the      response MUST have a "400 Bad Request" HTTP status code.   o  If a user agent issues a request against a TimeGate and fails to      include an "Accept-Datetime" request header, the most recent      Memento SHOULD be selected.   In all cases, the use of headers and links in responses is as   described for TimeGates in the respective scenarios.4.5.4.  Memento of a 3XX Response   Cases exist in which HTTP responses with 3XX status codes are   archived.  For example, crawl-based Web archives commonly archive   responses with HTTP status codes "301 Moved Permanently" and "302   Found", whereas Linked Data archives hold on to "303 See Other"   responses.   If the Memento requested by the user agent is an archived version of   an HTTP response with a 3XX status code, the server's response MUST   have the same 3XX HTTP status code.  The use of other Memento headers   is as described for Mementos in the respective scenarios.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 30]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   The user agent's handling of an HTTP response with a 3XX status code   is not affected by the presence of a "Memento-Datetime" header.  The   user agent MUST behave in the same manner as it does with HTTP   responses with a 3XX status code that do not have a "Memento-   Datetime" header.   However, the user agent MUST be aware that the URI that was selected   from the "Location" header of an HTTP response with a 3XX status code   might not be that of a Memento but rather of an Original Resource.   In the latter case, it SHOULD proceed by looking for a Memento of the   selected Original Resource.   For example, Figure 20 shows the response to an HTTP GET request for   http://a.example.org issued on April 11, 2008.  This response is   archived as a Memento of http://a.example.org that has as URI-M   http://arxiv.example.net/web/20080411000650/http://a.example.org.   The response to an HTTP GET on this URI-M is shown in Figure 21.  It   is a replay of the original response with "Memento-Datetime" and   "Link" headers added, to allow a user agent to understand the   response is a Memento.  In Figure 21, the value of the "Location"   header is the same as in the original response; it identifies an   Original Resource.  The user agent proceeds with finding a Memento   for this Original Resource.  Web archives sometimes overwrite the   value that was originally provided in the "Location" header in order   to point at a Memento they hold of the resource to which the redirect   originally led.  This is shown in Figure 22.  In this case, the user   agent may decide it found an appropriate Memento.   HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently   Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:06:50 GMT   Server: Apache   Location: http://b.example.org   Content-Length: 0   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8   Connection: close                     Figure 20: Response Is a RedirectVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 31]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:09:40 GMT   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1   Memento-Datetime: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:06:50 GMT   Location: http://b.example.org   Link: <http://a.example.org>; rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timegate"   Content-Length: 0   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8   Connection: close           Figure 21: Response is a Memento of a Redirect; Leads                          to an Original Resource   HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:09:40 GMT   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1   Memento-Datetime: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:06:50 GMT   Location:    http://arxiv.example.net/web/20080411000655/http://b.example.org   Link: <http://a.example.org>; rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timegate"   Content-Length: 0   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8   Connection: close    Figure 22: Response is a Memento of a Redirect; Leads to a Memento4.5.5.  Memento of Responses with 4XX or 5XX HTTP Status Codes   Cases exist in which responses with 4XX and 5XX HTTP status codes are   archived.  If the Memento requested by the user agent is an archived   version of such an HTTP response, the server's response MUST have the   same 4XX or 5XX HTTP status code.  The use of headers and links in   responses is as described for Mementos in the respective scenarios.   For example, Figure 23 shows the 404 response to an HTTP GET request   for http://a.example.org issued on April 11, 2008.  This response is   archived as a Memento of http://a.example.org that has as URI-M   http://arxiv.example.net/web/20080411000650/http://a.example.org.   The response to an HTTP HEAD on this URI-M is shown in Figure 24.  ItVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 32]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   is a replay of the original response with "Memento-Datetime" and   "Link" headers added, to allow a user agent to understand the   response is a Memento.   HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found   Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:06:50 GMT   Server: Apache   Content-Length: 255   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8   Connection: close                       Figure 23: Response Is a 404   HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:09:40 GMT   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1   Memento-Datetime: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:06:50 GMT   Link: <http://a.example.org>; rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timemap"; type="application/link-format",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timegate"   Content-Length: 255   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8   Connection: close                 Figure 24: Response Is a Memento of a 4044.5.6.  Sticky "Memento-Datetime" and "original" Link for Mementos   A response to an HTTP HEAD/GET request issued against a Memento:   o  Includes a "Memento-Datetime" header that entails a promise that      the response is archived, frozen in time.  The value of the header      expresses the archival datetime of the Memento.   o  Includes a link in the HTTP "Link" header with an "original"      Relation Type that unambiguously points to the Original Resource      associated with the Memento.  The Target IRI of the link is the      URI-R of that Original Resource.   Both the "Memento-Datetime" header and the "original" link MUST be   "sticky" in the following ways:   o  The server that originally assigns them MUST retain them in all      responses to HTTP requests (with or without an "Accept-Datetime"      request header) that occur against the Memento after the time ofVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 33]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013      their original assignment, and the server MUST NOT change the      value of the "Memento-Datetime" header nor the Target IRI of the      "original" link.   o  Applications that mirror Mementos at a different URI MUST retain      them and MUST NOT change them unless mirroring involves a      meaningful state change.  This allows, among others, duplicating a      Web archive at a new location while preserving the value of the      "Memento-Datetime" header and the link with the "original"      Relation Type for the archived resources.  For example, when      mirroring, the "Last-Modified" header will be updated to reflect      the time of mirroring at the new URI, whereas the value for      "Memento-Datetime" will be maintained.4.5.7.  Intermediate Resources   An intermediate resource is a resource that issues a redirect to a   TimeGate, to a Memento, or to another intermediate resource, and thus   plays an active role in the Memento infrastructure.  Intermediate   resources commonly exist in Web archives on the path from a TimeGate   to an appropriate Memento.   A response of an intermediate resource has an HTTP status code   indicative of HTTP redirection (e.g., 302) and uses Memento headers   and links that allow user agents to recognize that the resource plays   a role in the Memento framework:   o  A "Vary" header that includes an "accept-datetime" value MUST NOT      be provided.   o  The response MUST NOT include a "Memento-Datetime" header.   o  The "Link" header MUST be provided, and it MUST have a link with      the "original" Relation Type that has the URI-R of the associated      Original Resource as Target IRI.  Links with "timegate",      "timemap", and "memento" Relation Types are OPTIONAL and, if      provided, MUST pertain to the Original Resource for which the user      agent is trying to obtain a Memento.   A user agent MUST follow a redirection provided by an intermediate   resource; multiple such redirections can be chained.   Consider the case where a user agent follows the "timegate" link   provided in Figure 10 and engages in datetime negotiation with the   assumed TimeGate in the manner shown in Figure 11.  But instead of   receiving a response as shown in Figure 12, it receives the one shown   below in Figure 25.  Such a response is unambiguously recognizable as   coming from an intermediate resource.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 34]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   HTTP/1.1 302 Found   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:06:50 GMT   Server: Apache   Location:    http://arxiv.example.net/new-timegate/http://a.example.org/   Link: <http://a.example.org>; rel="original"   Content-Length: 0   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8   Connection: close          Figure 25: Redirecting Resource Redirects to a TimeGate4.5.8.  Resources Excluded from Datetime Negotiation   When delivering a Memento to a user agent, a Web archive commonly   enhances that Memento's archived content, for example, by including a   banner that provides branding and highlights the archival status of   the Memento.  The resources that are involved in providing such   system-specific functionality, many times JavaScript or images, must   be used in their current state.   A server that generally supports datetime negotiation should make   resources that need to be excluded from datetime negotiation   recognizable.  Doing so allows a user agent to refrain from   attempting to access a Memento for them.  In order to achieve this,   the server SHOULD include a special-purpose link in the HTTP "Link"   header when responding to an HTTP HEAD/GET request to a resource   excluded from datetime negotiation.  This link has   "http://mementoweb.org/terms/donotnegotiate" as Target IRI and   "type", defined in [RFC6903], as the value of the "rel" attribute.   Other Memento headers as defined inSection 2.1 SHOULD NOT be   provided.   Figure 26 shows the response to an HTTP HEAD request from a resource   excluded from datetime negotiation.   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:09:40 GMT   Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1   Link: <http://mementoweb.org/terms/donotnegotiate>; rel="type"   Content-Length: 238   Content-Type: application/javascript; charset=UTF-8   Connection: close   Figure 26: Response to an HTTP HEAD Request from a Resource Excluded                         from Datetime NegotiationVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 35]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 20135.  TimeMaps: Content and Serialization   A TimeMap is introduced to support retrieving a comprehensive list of   all Mementos for a specific Original Resource known to a server.  The   entity-body of a response to an HTTP GET request issued against a   TimeMap's URI-T:   o  MUST list the URI-R of the Original Resource that the TimeMap is      about;   o  MUST list the URI-M and archival datetime of each Memento for the      Original Resource known to the server, preferably in a single      document, or, alternatively in multiple documents that can be      gathered by following contained links with a "timemap" Relation      Type;   o  SHOULD list the URI-G of one or more TimeGates for the Original      Resource known to the responding server;   o  SHOULD, for self-containment, list the URI-T of the TimeMap      itself;   o  MUST unambiguously type listed resources as being Original      Resource, TimeGate, Memento, or TimeMap.   The entity-body of a response from a TimeMap MAY be serialized in   various ways, but the link-value format serialization described here   MUST be supported.  In this serialization, the entity-body MUST be   formatted in the same way as the value of an HTTP "Link" header, and   hence MUST comply to the "link-value" construction rule ofSection 5.   The Link header field of [RFC5988], and the media type of the entity-   body MUST be "application/link-format" as introduced in [RFC6690].   Links contained in the entity-body MUST be interpreted as follows:   o  The Context IRI is set to the anchor parameter, when specified;   o  The Context IRI of links with the "self" Relation Types is the      URI-T of the TimeMap, i.e., the URI of the resource from which the      TimeMap was requested;   o  The Context IRI of all other links is the URI-R of the Original      Resource, which is provided as the Target IRI of the link with an      "original" Relation Type.   In order to retrieve the link-value serialization of a TimeMap, a   user agent uses an "Accept" request header with a value set to   "application/link-format".  This is shown in Figure 27.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 36]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   GET /timemap/http://a.example.org/ HTTP/1.1   Host: arxiv.example.net   Accept: application/link-format;q=1.0   Connection: close                     Figure 27: Request for a TimeMap   If the TimeMap requested by the user agent exists, the server's   response has a "200 OK" HTTP status code and the list of Mementos is   provided in the entity-body of the response.  Such a response is   shown in Figure 28.   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:06:50 GMT   Server: Apache   Content-Length: 4883   Content-Type: application/link-format   Connection: close    <http://a.example.org>;rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="self";type="application/link-format"      ; from="Tue, 20 Jun 2000 18:02:59 GMT"      ; until="Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:30:51 GMT",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timegate",    <http://arxiv.example.net/web/20000620180259/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="first memento";datetime="Tue, 20 Jun 2000 18:02:59 GMT"      ; license="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",    <http://arxiv.example.net/web/20091027204954/http://a.example.org>       ; rel="last memento";datetime="Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:49:54 GMT"       ; license="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",    <http://arxiv.example.net/web/20000621011731/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="memento";datetime="Wed, 21 Jun 2000 01:17:31 GMT"      ; license="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",    <http://arxiv.example.net/web/20000621044156/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="memento";datetime="Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:41:56 GMT"      ; license="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/",    ...                    Figure 28: Response from a TimeMapVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 37]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 20135.1.  Special Cases5.1.1.  Index and Paging TimeMaps   Cases exist in which a TimeMap points at one or more other TimeMaps:   o  Index TimeMap - A TimeMap can merely point at other TimeMaps and      not list any Mementos itself.  This can happen when Mementos are      spread across several archives that share a front-end.  An example      is shown in Figure 29.   o  Paging TimeMap - The number of available Mementos can require      introducing multiple TimeMaps that can be paged.  An example is      shown in Figure 30.  Note that a Paging TimeMap contains links to      other TimeMaps but actually also lists Mementos.   In both cases, including the "from" and "until" attributes for   "timemap" links is RECOMMENDED as a means to express the temporal   span of Mementos listed in each TimeMap.  Note that TimeMaps obtained   by following a "timemap" link can contain links to further TimeMaps.   <http://a.example.org>;rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timegate",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="self";type="application/link-format",    <http://arxiv1.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timemap";type="application/link-format"      ; from="Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:41:56 GMT"      ; until="Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:30:51 GMT",    <http://arxiv2.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timemap";type="application/link-format"      ; from="Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:30:51 GMT"      ; until="Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:49:54 GMT",    <http://arxiv3.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timemap";type="application/link-format"      ; from="Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:30:51 GMT"                         Figure 29: Index TimeMapVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 38]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   <http://a.example.org>;rel="original",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timegate/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timegate",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/1/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="self";type="application/link-format"      ; from="Tue, 20 Jun 2000 18:02:59 GMT"      ; until="Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:30:51 GMT",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/2/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timemap";type="application/link-format"      ; from="Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:30:51 GMT"      ; until="Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:49:54 GMT",    <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/3/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="timemap";type="application/link-format"      ; from="Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:30:51 GMT"      ; until="Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:22:34 GMT"    <http://arxiv.example.net/web/20000620180259/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="memento";datetime="Tue, 20 Jun 2000 18:02:59 GMT",    <http://arxiv.example.net/web/20000621011731/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="memento";datetime="Wed, 21 Jun 2000 01:17:31 GMT",    <http://arxiv.example.net/web/20000621044156/http://a.example.org>      ; rel="memento";datetime="Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:41:56 GMT",    ...                         Figure 30: Paging TimeMap5.1.2.  Mementos for TimeMaps   A TimeMap itself can act as an Original Resource for which a TimeGate   and Mementos may exist.  Hence, the response from a TimeMap could   include a "timegate" link to a TimeGate via which prior TimeMap   versions are available.  And, in cases where URI-T=URI-R=URI-G (a   TimeMap is an Original Resource that acts as its own TimeGate), an   "original" link pointing at the TimeMap URI-T would be included.   Therefore, caution is required in cases where a TimeMap for an   Original Resource wants to explicitly express in a "Link" header for   which Original Resource it is a TimeMap.  It can do so by including a   "timemap" link that has the URI-R of the Original Resource as Context   IRI and the URI-T of the TimeMap as Target IRI.   Figure 31 shows the response to an HTTP HEAD request against a   TimeMap that has   http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org as URI-T.  This   TimeMap provides information about Mementos for the Original Resource   that has http://a.example.org as URI-R.  The response includes an   "original" link pointing to the Original Resource that this TimeMap   is about.  Note the use of the "anchor" attribute in this link to   convey the URI-R of that Original Resource.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 39]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   HTTP/1.1 200 OK   Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:06:50 GMT   Server: Apache   Link: <http://arxiv.example.net/timemap/http://a.example.org>             ; anchor="http://a.example.org"; rel="timemap"             ; type="application/link-format"   Content-Length: 0   Content-Type: application/link-format; charset=UTF-8   Connection: close       Figure 31: TimeMap Links to the Original Resource It Is about6.  IANA Considerations6.1.  HTTP Headers   IANA has registered the "Accept-Datetime" and "Memento-Datetime" HTTP   headers (defined inSection 2.1.1) in the "Permanent Message Header   Field Names" registry:   o  Header field name: Accept-Datetime   o  Applicable protocol: "http" (RFC 2616)   o  Status: informational   o  Author/Change controller: Herbert Van de Sompel, Los Alamos      National Laboratory, hvdsomp@gmail.com   o  Specification document(s): this document   o  Header field name: Memento-Datetime   o  Applicable protocol: "http" (RFC 2616)   o  Status: informational   o  Author/Change controller: Herbert Van de Sompel, Los Alamos      National Laboratory, hvdsomp@gmail.com   o  Specification document(s): this document6.2.  Link Relation Types   IANA has registered the Relation Types "original", "timegate",   "timemap", and "memento" (defined inSection 2.2) in the "Link   Relation Types" registry:   o  Relation Name: original   o  Description: The Target IRI points to an Original Resource.   o  Reference: this document   o  Notes: An Original Resource is a resource that exists or used to      exist, and for which access to one of its prior states may be      required.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 40]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   o  Relation Name: timegate   o  Description: The Target IRI points to a TimeGate for an Original      Resource.   o  Reference: this document   o  Notes: A TimeGate for an Original Resource is a resource that is      capable of datetime negotiation to support access to prior states      of the Original Resource.   o  Relation Name: timemap   o  Description: The Target IRI points to a TimeMap for an Original      Resource.   o  Reference: this document   o  Notes: A TimeMap for an Original Resource is a resource from which      a list of URIs of Mementos of the Original Resource is available.   o  Relation Name: memento   o  Description: The Target IRI points to a Memento, a fixed resource      that will not change state anymore.   o  Reference: this document   o  Notes: A Memento for an Original Resource is a resource that      encapsulates a prior state of the Original Resource.7.  Security Considerations   Provision of a "timegate" HTTP "Link" header in responses to requests   for an Original Resource that is protected (e.g., 401 or 403 HTTP   response codes) is OPTIONAL.  The inclusion of this Link when   requesting authentication is at the server's discretion; cases may   exist in which a server protects the current state of a resource, but   supports open access to prior states and thus chooses to supply this   HTTP "Link" header.  Conversely, the server may choose to not   advertise the TimeGate URIs (e.g., they exist in an intranet archive)   for unauthenticated requests.   The veracity of archives and the relationships between Original   Resources and Mementos is beyond the scope of this document.  Even in   the absence of malice, it is possible for separate archives to have   different Mementos for the same Original Resource at the same   datetime if the state of the Original Resource was dependent on the   requesting archive's user agent IP address, specific HTTP request   headers, and possibly other factors.   Further authentication, encryption, and other security-related issues   are otherwise orthogonal to Memento.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 41]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 20138.  Acknowledgements   The Memento effort is funded by the Library of Congress.  Many thanks   to Kris Carpenter Negulescu, Michael Hausenblas, Erik Hetzner, Larry   Masinter, Gordon Mohr, David Rosenthal, Ed Summers, James Anderson,   Tim Starling, Martin Klein, and Mark Nottingham for feedback.  Many   thanks to Samuel Adams, Scott Ainsworth, Lyudmilla Balakireva, Frank   McCown, Harihar Shankar, Brad Tofel, Andrew Jackson, Ahmed Alsum, Mat   Kelly, and Ilya Kreymer for implementations that informed the   specification.9.  References9.1.  Normative References   [RFC2119]   Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate               Requirement Levels",BCP 14,RFC 2119, March 1997.   [RFC2616]   Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,               Masinter, L., Leach, P., and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext               Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1",RFC 2616, June 1999.   [RFC5829]   Brown, A., Clemm, G., and J. Reschke, "Link Relation               Types for Simple Version Navigation between Web               Resources",RFC 5829, April 2010.   [RFC5988]   Nottingham, M., "Web Linking",RFC 5988, October 2010.   [RFC6690]   Shelby, Z., "Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Link               Format",RFC 6690, August 2012.   [RFC6903]   Snell, J., "Additional Link Relation Types",RFC 6903,               March 2013.9.2.  Informative References   [DATED-URI] Masinter, L., "The 'tdb' and 'duri' URI schemes, based on               dated URIs", Work in Progress, January 2012.   [Fitch]     Fitch, K., "Web site archiving - an approach to recording               every materially different response produced by a               website", July 2003,               <http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw03/papers/fitch/paper.html>.   [RFC1123]   Braden, R., "Requirements for Internet Hosts -               Application and Support", STD 3,RFC 1123, October 1989.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 42]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   [W3C.REC-aww-20041215]               Jacobs, I. and N. Walsh, "Architecture of the World Wide               Web", December 2004, <http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/>.   [W3C.gen-ont-20090420]               Berners-Lee, T., "Architecture of the World Wide Web",               April 2009, <http://www.w3.org/2006/gen/ont>.Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 43]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013Appendix A.  Use of Headers and Relation Types per Pattern   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   | Response Header |     Pattern     | Original | TimeGate | Memento |   |                 |                 | Resource |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   |      Vary:      |   Pattern 1.1   |     1    |     1    |    0    |   | accept-datetime | (Section 4.1.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 1.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.1.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 1.3   |     1    |     1    |    1    |   |                 | (Section 4.1.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.1   |     0    |     1    |    0    |   |                 | (Section 4.2.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 2.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.2.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.3   |     0    |     1    |    1    |   |                 | (Section 4.2.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 3    |     1    |    NA    |    1    |   |                 |  (Section 4.3)  |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 4    |     0    |    NA    |    1    |   |                 |  (Section 4.4)  |          |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+(cont.)Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 44]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   | Response Header |     Pattern     | Original | TimeGate | Memento |   |                 |                 | Resource |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   |     Vary:       |                 |          |          |         |   | Memento-        |   Pattern 1.1   |     0    |     0    |    1    |   |    Datetime     | (Section 4.1.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 1.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.1.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 1.3   |     1    |     1    |    1    |   |                 | (Section 4.1.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.1   |     0    |     0    |    1    |   |                 | (Section 4.2.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 2.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.2.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.3   |     0    |     1    |    1    |   |                 | (Section 4.2.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 3    |     1    |    NA    |    1    |   |                 |  (Section 4.3)  |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 4    |     0    |    NA    |    1    |   |                 |  (Section 4.4)  |          |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+(cont.)Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 45]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   | Response Header |     Pattern     | Original | TimeGate | Memento |   |                 |                 | Resource |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   |       Link:     |                 |          |          |         |   |  rel="original" |   Pattern 1.1   |     0    |     1    |    1    |   |                 | (Section 4.1.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 1.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.1.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 1.3   |     1    |     1    |    1    |   |                 | (Section 4.1.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.1   |     0    |     1    |    1    |   |                 | (Section 4.2.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 2.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.2.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.3   |     0    |     1    |    1    |   |                 | (Section 4.2.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 3    |     1    |    NA    |    1    |   |                 |  (Section 4.3)  |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 4    |     0    |    NA    |    1    |   |                 |  (Section 4.4)  |          |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+(cont.)Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 46]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   | Response Header |     Pattern     | Original | TimeGate | Memento |   |                 |                 | Resource |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   |      Link:      |                 |          |          |         |   |  rel="timegate" |   Pattern 1.1   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.1.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 1.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.1.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 1.3   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.1.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.1   |    >=0   |     0    |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.2.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 2.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.2.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.3   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.2.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 3    |    NA    |    NA    |    NA   |   |                 |  (Section 4.3)  |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 4    |    NA    |    NA    |    NA   |   |                 |  (Section 4.4)  |          |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+(cont.)Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 47]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   | Response Header |     Pattern     | Original | TimeGate | Memento |   |                 |                 | Resource |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   |     Link:       |                 |          |          |         |   |  rel="timemap"  |   Pattern 1.1   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.1.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 1.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.1.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 1.3   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.1.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.1   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.2.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 2.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.2.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.3   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.2.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 3    |    >=0   |    NA    |   >=0   |   |                 |  (Section 4.3)  |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 4    |    >=0   |    NA    |   >=0   |   |                 |  (Section 4.4)  |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+(cont.)Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 48]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   | Response Header |     Pattern     | Original | TimeGate | Memento |   |                 |                 | Resource |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+   |      Link:      |                 |          |          |         |   |  rel="memento"  |   Pattern 1.1   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.1.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 1.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.1.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 1.3   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.1.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.1   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.2.1) |          |          |         |   |                 |         &       |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 2.2  |          |          |         |   |                 | (Section 4.2.2) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |   Pattern 2.3   |    >=0   |    >=0   |   >=0   |   |                 | (Section 4.2.3) |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 3    |    >=0   |    NA    |   >=0   |   |                 |  (Section 4.3)  |          |          |         |   |                 |                 |          |          |         |   |                 |    Pattern 4    |    >=0   |    NA    |   >=0   |   |                 |  (Section 4.4)  |          |          |         |   +-----------------+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+                         Table 5: Memento HeadersVan de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 49]

RFC 7089                      HTTP Memento                 December 2013Authors' Addresses   Herbert Van de Sompel   Los Alamos National Laboratory   PO Box 1663   Los Alamos, New Mexico  87545   USA   Phone: +1 505 667 1267   EMail: hvdsomp@gmail.com   URI:http://public.lanl.gov/herbertv/   Michael Nelson   Old Dominion University   Norfolk, Virginia  23529   USA   Phone: +1 757 683 6393   EMail: mln@cs.odu.edu   URI:http://www.cs.odu.edu/~mln/   Robert Sanderson   Los Alamos National Laboratory   PO Box 1663   Los Alamos, New Mexico  87545   USA   Phone: +1 505 665 5804   EMail: azaroth42@gmail.com   URI:http://public.lanl.gov/rsanderson/Van de Sompel, et al.         Informational                    [Page 50]

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