@misc{rfc3858, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 3858, howpublished = {RFC 3858}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC3858}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3858}, author = {Jonathan Rosenberg}, title = {{An Extensible Markup Language (XML) Based Format for Watcher Information}}, pagetotal = 13, year = 2004, month = aug, abstract = {Watchers are defined as entities that request (i.e., subscribe to) information about a resource. There is fairly complex state associated with these subscriptions. The union of the state for all subscriptions to a particular resource is called the watcher information for that resource. This state is dynamic, changing as subscribers come and go. As a result, it is possible, and indeed useful, to subscribe to the watcher information for a particular resource. In order to enable this, a format is needed to describe the state of watchers on a resource. This specification describes an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document format for such state. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }