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title	IETF HTTP Working Group
description	We maintain and develop the Hypertext Transfer Protocol - the core protocol of the World Wide Web

The IETF HTTP Working Group maintains and develops the Hypertext Transfer Protocol - the core protocol of the World Wide Web.

 

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	<h2>📄 Specs and Tests</h2>
<p>Resources to help HTTP implementations, including:</p>
<ul>
	  <li>Read <a href="/specs/">HTTP-related specifications</a> <span class="badge bg-info">the specs!</span></li>
  <li>See our list of (unofficial) <a href="https://github.com/httpwg/wiki/wiki/HTTP-Testing-Resources">tests for HTTP implementations</a></li>
</ul>
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	<h2>👷‍♀️ Work In Progress</h2>
	<p>See what's under development and what's coming, including:</p>
	<ul>
		<li><a href="https://httpwg.org/http-extensions/">HTTP extensions under development</a> {%include github.html link="https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions" %}
		<ul>
            <li>... also in the <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/documents/">IETF datatracker</a></li>
		</ul>
		</li>
		<li>Possible <a href="https://github.com/httpwg/admin/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aadoption">Future Work</a></li>
  <li>The <a href="/admin/directorate/">HTTP Directorate</a></li>
	</ul>
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	<h2>👋 Participate</h2>
	<p>Want to get involved? Join us!</p>
	<ul>
		<li>Learn <a href="https://httpwg.org/CONTRIBUTING.html">how to contribute</a> <span class="badge bg-warning">start here</span></li>
		<li>See our <a href="http://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/charter/">charter</a></li>
		<li>Catch up on our <a href="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/">mailing list</a></li>
		<li>Browse our <a href="https://httpwg.org/wg-materials/">meeting materials</a> {%include github.html link="https://github.com/httpwg/wg-materials" %}</li>
  <li>See our <a href="https://httpwg.org/admin/editors/">resources for document editors</a></li>
</ul>
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