HTTP Framework for Time-Based Access to Resource States -- Memento
RFC 7089
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RFC - Informational
(December 2013; No errata)
Was draft-vandesompel-memento (individual)
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Independent Submission H. Van de Sompel
Request for Comments: 7089 Los Alamos National Laboratory
Category: Informational M. Nelson
ISSN: 2070-1721 Old Dominion University
R. Sanderson
Los Alamos National Laboratory
December 2013
HTTP Framework for Time-Based Access to Resource States -- Memento
Abstract
The HTTP-based Memento framework bridges the present and past Web.
It facilitates obtaining representations of prior states of a given
resource by introducing datetime negotiation and TimeMaps. Datetime
negotiation is a variation on content negotiation that leverages the
given resource's URI and a user agent's preferred datetime. TimeMaps
are lists that enumerate URIs of resources that encapsulate prior
states of the given resource. The framework also facilitates
recognizing a resource that encapsulates a frozen prior state of
another resource.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This is a contribution to the RFC Series, independently of any other
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its discretion and makes no statement about its value for
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Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
1.1. Terminology ................................................4
1.2. Notational Conventions .....................................4
1.3. Purpose ....................................................5
2. HTTP Headers, Link Relation Types ...............................7
2.1. HTTP Headers ...............................................7
2.1.1. Accept-Datetime and Memento-Datetime ................7
2.1.2. Vary ................................................8
2.1.3. Link ................................................8
2.2. Link Relation Types ........................................9
2.2.1. Link Relation Type "original" .......................9
2.2.2. Link Relation Type "timegate" .......................9
2.2.3. Link Relation Type "timemap" ........................9
2.2.4. Link Relation Type "memento" .......................10
3. Overview of the Memento Framework ..............................11
3.1. Datetime Negotiation ......................................11
3.2. TimeMaps ..................................................13
4. Datetime Negotiation: HTTP Interactions ........................14
4.1. Pattern 1 - The Original Resource Acts as Its Own
TimeGate ..................................................15
4.1.1. Pattern 1.1 - URI-R=URI-G; 302-Style
Negotiation; Distinct URI-M for Mementos ..........16
4.1.2. Pattern 1.2 - URI-R=URI-G; 200-Style
Negotiation; Distinct URI-M for Mementos ...........18
4.1.3. Pattern 1.3 - URI-R=URI-G; 200-Style
Negotiation; No Distinct URI-M for Mementos ........19
4.2. Pattern 2 - A Remote Resource Acts as a TimeGate
for the Original Resource .................................20
4.2.1. Pattern 2.1 - URI-R<>URI-G; 302-Style
Negotiation; Distinct URI-M for Mementos ...........22
4.2.2. Pattern 2.2 - URI-R<>URI-G; 200-Style
Negotiation; Distinct URI-M for Mementos ...........24
4.2.3. Pattern 2.3 - URI-R<>URI-G; 200-Style
Negotiation; No Distinct URI-M for Mementos ........25
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