[core] Update to draft-ietf-core-http-mapping-06

Dear all,

After substantial edits by the authors we have now uploaded the new version -06 of the HTTP-CoAP mapping draft. There are now clear main sections on the topics of HTTP-CoAP proxy basics, use cases, URI mapping, media type mapping, and response code mapping. Plus various other improvements.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-core-http-mapping-06

In the current version, 3 tickets are still open. One that should be discussed is #376 (http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/core/trac/ticket/376) , about how to map a CoAP 4.05 response and the issues when using HTTP 405 for this.
Basically in HTTP 405 the server needs to indicate which methods are allowed; CoAP does not provide such information. One proposal is therefore to define a new CoAP Option to encode the allowed methods for a resource. This option (to be effective) then MUST be used by any CoAP server that returns a 4.05. We will probably start a separate thread on this item to go over all the solutions.

Regards
On behalf of the authors

Esko

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Changes from ietf-05 to ietf-06:

   o  Fully restructured the draft, bringing introductory text more to
      the front and allocating main sections to each of the key topics;
      addressing Ticket #379;

   o  Addressed Ticket #382, fix of enhanced form URI template
      definition of q in Section 5.3.2;

   o  Addressed Ticket #381, found a mapping 4.01 to 401 Unauthorized in
      Section 7;

   o  Addressed Ticket #380 (Add IANA registration for "core.hc"
      Resource Type) in Section 9;

   o  Addressed Ticket #376 (CoAP 4.05 response can't be translated to
      HTTP 405 by HC proxy) in Section 7 by use of empty 'Allow' header;

   o  Removed details on the pros and cons of HC proxy placement
      options;

   o  Addressed review comments of Carsten Bormann;

   o  Clarified failure in mapping of HTTP Accept headers (Section 6.3);

   o  Clarified detection of CoAP servers not supporting blockwise
      (Section 8.3);

   o  Changed CoAP request timeout min value to MAX_RTT +
      MAX_SERVER_RESPONSE_DELAY (Section 8.6);

   o  Added security section item (Section 10.3) related to use of CoAP
      blockwise transfers;

   o  Many editorial improvements.

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A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
 This draft is a work item of the Constrained RESTful Environments Working Group of the IETF.

        Title           : Guidelines for HTTP-CoAP Mapping Implementations
        Authors         : Angelo P. Castellani
                          Salvatore Loreto
                          Akbar Rahman
                          Thomas Fossati
                          Esko Dijk
        Filename        : draft-ietf-core-http-mapping-06.txt
        Pages           : 32
        Date            : 2015-03-09

Abstract:
   This document provides reference information for implementing a proxy
   that performs translation between the HTTP protocol and the CoAP
   protocol, focusing on the reverse proxy case.  It describes how a
   HTTP request is mapped to a CoAP request and how a CoAP response is
   mapped back to a HTTP response.  Furthermore it defines a template
   for URI mapping and provides a set of guidelines for HTTP to CoAP
   protocol translation and related proxy implementations.

The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-core-http-mapping/

There's also a htmlized version available at:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-core-http-mapping-06

A diff from the previous version is available at:
http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-core-http-mapping-06

Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.

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