[hybi] Communications usage for the Web Socket Protocol
Henry Sinnreich <henry.sinnreich@gmail.com> Tue, 25 May 2010 14:47 UTC
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Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 09:46:53 -0500
From: Henry Sinnreich <henry.sinnreich@gmail.com>
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Subject: [hybi] Communications usage for the Web Socket Protocol
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The Web Socket Protocol is far more general and useful than modestly described in the latest I-D version http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-socket-protocol/ The sections 1. Introduction and 1.1. Background could also mention some of these facts: Many new network application protocols were standardized in the IETF staring in the mid 90s. The concept then was new applications require new network protocols. Examples include: The SIP/SDP family of protocols, RTSP, XMPP, MEGACO, MSRP, etc. for communications and media control applications, not to mention other non-IETF network application protocols such as H.323 or IAX. The web development 15 years later has shown however that HTTP can support literally countless Internet applications. Actually any application that requires only a data communication channel between the UA and the Web feature server. This certainly includes IM as in the section 1.1. Background, but also web conferencing, blogs, wikis, social networks, etc. The data communications for SIP signaling over symmetric HTTP are described in ³SIP APIs for Communications on the Web² http://www.ietf.org/id/draft-sinnreich-sip-web-apis-00.txt What do you think? Thanks, Henry
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