The HTTP PATCH method (recall earlier discussion about REST "shortcuts") is finally proceeding towards standard status. This is interesting for OCCI as well as any other application that needs to update server-side resources but doesn't want to send the whole entity every time. Implementations can use their preferred diff mechanism (as identified by Internet media type) - from plain diff for text files to XML diffs for XML, XDelta for binaries, etc. Sam (who's hanging out for rsync-over-HTTP!) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Julian Reschke Date: Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-dusseault-http-patch (PATCH Method for HTTP) to Proposed Standard To: WebDAV , HTTP Working Group (FYI) The IESG wrote:

The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to consider the following document:

- 'PATCH Method for HTTP ' as a Proposed Standard

The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2009-11-24. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting.

The file can be obtained via http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-dusseault-http-patch-15.txt

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