HTTP Enhancements Driving Force

The full HTTP protocol was developed to provide:
Multimedia
Postscript, graphics , sound, movies, application-specific...
Format negotiation
Future-proof extensibility
Authentication
Privacy, charging, etc
Optimization
of transfer format, by time and qualitiy.
Feedback
Who is reading what, using what software, what documents refer to this one? Reverse link building.
Front end update
Annotate, Post, reply Check in and out, operate.
Form filling
Complex queries, etc
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Tim BL