HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL PARAMETERS

(last updated 27 October 2005)

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) defines some classes of
parameters [RFC2616].

HTTP Content-Coding Values
Registration Procedures: First Come First Serve with specification recommended
Name          Description                                        Reference  
------------  -------------------------------------------------- ---------  
compress      UNIX "compress" program method                     [RFC2616] (section 3.5) 
deflate       "zlib" format [RFC1950] with "deflate" compression [RFC2616] (section 3.5)
gzip          Same as GNU zip [RFC1952]                          [RFC2616] (section 3.5)
identity      No transformation                                  [RFC2616] (section 3.5)

HTTP Transfer Coding Values
Registration Procededures: First Come First Serve with specification recommended
Name          Description                                        Reference
----------    -------------------------------------------------- ---------
chunked       Transfer in a series of chunks                     [RFC2616] (section 3.6.1)
compress      UNIX "compress" program method                     [RFC2616] (section 3.6)
deflate       "zlib" format [RFC1950] with "deflate" compression [RFC2616] (section 3.6)
gzip          Same as GNU zip [RFC1952]                          [RFC2616] (section 3.6)
identity      (withdrawn in errata to RFC 2616)                  [RFC2616] (section 3.6)


References
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[RFC1950]  P. Deutsch and J-L. Gailly, "ZLIB Compressed Data Format 
           Specification version 3.3", RFC 1950, May 1996.

[RFC1952]  P. Deutsch, "GZIP file format specification version 4.3",
           RFC 1952, May 1996.

[RFC2616]  Fielding, R., et. al., "Hypertext Transfer Protocol --
           HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999.

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