Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                        J. Reschke
Request for Comments: 7237                                    greenbytes
Category: Informational                                        June 2014
ISSN: 2070-1721


   Initial Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Method Registrations

Abstract

  This document registers those Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
  methods that have been defined in RFCs before the IANA HTTP Method
  Registry was established.

Status of This Memo

  This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
  published for informational purposes.

  This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
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  received public review and has been approved for publication by the
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  Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.

  Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
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Table of Contents

  1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
  2.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
  3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
  4.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.  Introduction

  This document registers those Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
  methods that have been defined in RFCs other than [RFC7231] before
  the IANA HTTP Method Registry was established.

2.  Security Considerations

  There are no security considerations related to the registration
  itself.

  Security considerations applicable to the individual HTTP methods
  ought to be discussed in the specifications that define them.































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3.  IANA Considerations

  The table below provides registrations of HTTP method names that have
  been added to the IANA "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Method
  Registry" at <http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-methods> (see
  Section 8.1 of [RFC7231]).

  +-------------------+------+------------+---------------------------+
  | Method Name       | Safe | Idempotent | Reference                 |
  +-------------------+------+------------+---------------------------+
  | ACL               | no   | yes        | [RFC3744], Section 8.1    |
  | BASELINE-CONTROL  | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 12.6   |
  | BIND              | no   | yes        | [RFC5842], Section 4      |
  | CHECKIN           | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 4.4    |
  |                   |      |            | and [RFC3253], Section    |
  |                   |      |            | 9.4                       |
  | CHECKOUT          | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 4.3    |
  |                   |      |            | and [RFC3253], Section    |
  |                   |      |            | 8.8                       |
  | COPY              | no   | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.8    |
  | LABEL             | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 8.2    |
  | LINK              | no   | yes        | [RFC2068], Section        |
  |                   |      |            | 19.6.1.2                  |
  | LOCK              | no   | no         | [RFC4918], Section 9.10   |
  | MERGE             | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 11.2   |
  | MKACTIVITY        | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 13.5   |
  | MKCALENDAR        | no   | yes        | [RFC4791], Section 5.3.1  |
  | MKCOL             | no   | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.3    |
  | MKREDIRECTREF     | no   | yes        | [RFC4437], Section 6      |
  | MKWORKSPACE       | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 6.3    |
  | MOVE              | no   | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.9    |
  | ORDERPATCH        | no   | yes        | [RFC3648], Section 7      |
  | PATCH             | no   | no         | [RFC5789], Section 2      |
  | PROPFIND          | yes  | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.1    |
  | PROPPATCH         | no   | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.2    |
  | REBIND            | no   | yes        | [RFC5842], Section 6      |
  | REPORT            | yes  | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 3.6    |
  | SEARCH            | yes  | yes        | [RFC5323], Section 2      |
  | UNBIND            | no   | yes        | [RFC5842], Section 5      |
  | UNCHECKOUT        | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 4.5    |
  | UNLINK            | no   | yes        | [RFC2068], Section        |
  |                   |      |            | 19.6.1.3                  |
  | UNLOCK            | no   | yes        | [RFC4918], Section 9.11   |
  | UPDATE            | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 7.1    |
  | UPDATEREDIRECTREF | no   | yes        | [RFC4437], Section 7      |
  | VERSION-CONTROL   | no   | yes        | [RFC3253], Section 3.5    |
  +-------------------+------+------------+---------------------------+




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4.  Normative References

  [RFC2068]  Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Nielsen, H., and T.
             Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1",
             RFC 2068, January 1997.

  [RFC3253]  Clemm, G., Amsden, J., Ellison, T., Kaler, C., and J.
             Whitehead, "Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (Web
             Distributed Authoring and Versioning)", RFC 3253,
             March 2002.

  [RFC3648]  Whitehead, J. and J. Reschke, Ed., "Web Distributed
             Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Ordered Collections
             Protocol", RFC 3648, December 2003.

  [RFC3744]  Clemm, G., Reschke, J., Sedlar, E., and J. Whitehead, "Web
             Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Access
             Control Protocol", RFC 3744, May 2004.

  [RFC4437]  Whitehead, J., Clemm, G., and J. Reschke, Ed., "Web
             Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Redirect
             Reference Resources", RFC 4437, March 2006.

  [RFC4791]  Daboo, C., Desruisseaux, B., and L. Dusseault,
             "Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV)", RFC 4791,
             March 2007.

  [RFC4918]  Dusseault, L., Ed., "HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed
             Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)", RFC 4918, June 2007.

  [RFC5323]  Reschke, J., Ed., Reddy, S., Davis, J., and A. Babich,
             "Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)
             SEARCH", RFC 5323, November 2008.

  [RFC5789]  Dusseault, L. and J. Snell, "PATCH Method for HTTP",
             RFC 5789, March 2010.

  [RFC5842]  Clemm, G., Crawford, J., Reschke, J., Ed., and J.
             Whitehead, "Binding Extensions to Web Distributed
             Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)", RFC 5842, April 2010.

  [RFC7231]  Fielding, R., Ed. and J. Reschke, Ed., "Hypertext Transfer
             Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content", RFC 7231,
             June 2014.







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Author's Address

  Julian F. Reschke
  greenbytes GmbH
  Hafenweg 16
  Muenster, NW  48155
  Germany

  EMail: [email protected]
  URI:   http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/









































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