Re: [hybi] moving forward on HTTP extensions

[Mark Nottingham <mnot at mnot.net>]

7. Possible improvements / extensions to XMLHttpRequest to expose  
connection-handling details (e.g., use of pconns, pipelining, etc.)?


On 18/06/2009, at 3:10 AM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:

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> Some potential future work items for bidirectional HTTP are  
> discussed in
> draft-loreto-http-bidirectional-00 as follows:
>
> 1. An HTTP extension for long polling, including request tracking,
>   duplication, and retry methods.
>
> 2. A method for monitoring the state of multiple resources.
>
> 3. A request header to determine timeouts.
>
> 4. A request header to determine the longest acceptable polling
>   interval.
>
> 5. Improved rendezvous logic between the user agent, a proxy /
>   connection manager, and the backend application server.
>
> 6. Improved addressing for the entities involved in bidirectional
>   HTTP, possibly including the use of URI templates.
>
> Sal and I just had a chat about this topic and would like to ask for
> feedback from the list members:
>
> - - Which work items do folks think would be most productive to  
> focus on?
>
> - - Who will be available in Stockholm to join a bar BOF about this?
>
> - - Would it be helpful to schedule a text or voice chat before IETF  
> 75?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peter
>
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