WWW5

Fifth International World Wide Web Conference

May 6-10, 1996, Paris, France

DDay: HTTP

Friday 10 May, 1996 - 10:00-12:00


Chair

Roy Fielding, University of California, Irvine

Program

10:00 - 10:05

Chair's intro and encouragement to think about questions for ending panel
-- Roy T. Fielding, University of California, Irvine

10:05 - 10:20

HTTP Status Report
-- Larry Masinter, Xerox Corporation
-- Jim Gettys, Digital Equipment Corporation

Abstract: A brief overview of the current status of the HTTP standardization process and elements of the proposed standard that should be implemented immediately.

10:20 - 10:40

HTTP Caching
-- Roy T. Fielding, University of California, Irvine

Abstract: HTTP/1.1 will include new features to support robust caching in a world of layered proxies and dynamic services. My emphasis will be on what developers need to implement now in order to correctly support the Web of the future.

10:43 - 11:03

HTTP Content Negotiation
-- Koen Holtman, Eindhoven University of Technology

Abstract: Content negotiation will allow one to put multiple representations of the same information under a single URL. If the URL is accessed, the representation best matching the user preferences and browser capabilities is retrieved automatically.

11:05 - 11:13

HTTP Digest Authentication
-- Paul Leach, Microsoft

Abstract: Digest authentication is a replacement for Basic AA. New aspects include the ability to verify that the entity-body is authentic end-to-end and to cache authenticated content.

11:15 - 11:30

HTTP Multiplexing for 2.0
-- Jim Gettys, Digital Equipment Corporation

Abstract: Current proposals for HTTP/2.0 include a session-layer for multiplexing HTTP requests/responses on a single connection.

11:35 - 12:00

Panel: Future of HTTP
-- Roy T. Fielding, University of California, Irvine
-- Henrik Frystyk, W3C
-- Jim Gettys, Digital Equipment Corporation
-- Koen Holtman, Eindhoven University of Technology
-- Paul Leach, Microsoft
-- Larry Masinter, Xerox Corporation

Abstract: Questions about the future of HTTP (immediate and far reaching) will be taken from the audience and from each of the panelists.


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