@misc{rfc5789,
    series =    {Request for Comments},
    number =    5789,
    howpublished =  {RFC 5789},
    publisher = {RFC Editor},
    doi =       {10.17487/RFC5789},
    url =       {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5789},
    author =    {Lisa M. Dusseault and James M. Snell},
    title =     {{PATCH Method for HTTP}},
    pagetotal = 10,
    year =      2010,
    month =     mar,
    abstract =  {Several applications extending the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) require a feature to do partial resource modification. The existing HTTP PUT method only allows a complete replacement of a document. This proposal adds a new HTTP method, PATCH, to modify an existing HTTP resource. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}},
}