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Re: [dispatch] A WG for HTTP API Building Blocks

Michael Toomim <toomim@gmail.com> Thu, 16 July 2020 07:56 UTC

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From: Michael Toomim <toomim@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [dispatch] A WG for HTTP API Building Blocks
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I also see value in recruiting API developers and consumers, but (like Lucas) I struggle to distinguish whether a particular proposal "foo" would be demarcated as HTTP vs. HTTP API.

As a present example, how do we classify the Braid proposal?

    https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-toomim-httpbis-braid-http

On the one hand, we could describe it as "push-update for REST APIs", and then put it into the HTTP API bucket.

But on the other, Braid also applies to browsers and proxies, where it improves caching, reduces network traffic, and allows pages to update automatically without a reload button.  That sounds like core HTTP.

Historical examples could also be interesting.  How do we classify HTTP Live Streaming?

    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8216

This is an API standard, which does not need special browser support.  However, most mobile browsers (but not desktop) now have native implementations for better performance.  Does that make it HTTP core?

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