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	Title		: An Abstract Model for HTTP Resource State
	Author(s)	: M. Baker
	Filename	: draft-baker-http-resource-state-model-01.txt
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	Date		: 05-Nov-01
	
The documented semantics of HTTP 1.1 methods, in particular POST,
are not well understood, as demonstrated by debates such as whether
IPP should have used POST or a new method, how to properly bind SOAP
to HTTP, and the ever more common use of POST for tunneling new
protocols such as XML-RPC.  This note attempts to define an abstract
model for the state of HTTP URI scheme addressable resources
consistent with HTTP 1.1, but hopefully more descriptive.

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