RFC 7234

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HTTP specification IETF Request for Comments technical standard

RFC 7234 is an IETF specification that defines HTTP/1.1 caching semantics, including how responses may be stored, reused, and validated by caches.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Cache-Control header field semantics 1
HTTP caching specifications 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf HTTP specification ⓘ
IETF Request for Comments ⓘ
technical standard ⓘ
appliesTo HTTP caches ⓘ
HTTP intermediaries ⓘ
HTTP/1.1 ⓘ
category Standards Track ⓘ
defines Age header field semantics ⓘ
RFC 7234 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cache-Control header field semantics

ETag-based cache validation semantics ⓘ
Expires header field semantics ⓘ
HTTP/1.1 caching semantics ⓘ
Last-Modified-based cache validation semantics ⓘ
cache invalidation rules ⓘ
freshness model for HTTP responses ⓘ
heuristic caching rules ⓘ
requirements for intermediaries acting as HTTP caches ⓘ
revalidation mechanisms for HTTP caches ⓘ
rules for reusing cached HTTP responses ⓘ
rules for storing HTTP responses in caches ⓘ
rules for validating cached HTTP responses ⓘ
semantics of HTTP caches ⓘ
shared vs private cache behavior ⓘ
format text ⓘ
governs how HTTP responses may be reused by caches ⓘ
how HTTP responses may be stored by caches ⓘ
how HTTP responses may be validated by caches ⓘ
isPartOf RFC 7230 ⓘ
surface form: RFC 7230–RFC 7235 HTTP/1.1 core specifications
language English ⓘ
obsoletes RFC 7232 ⓘ
surface form: RFC 2616 (caching-related parts)
partOf HTTP/1.1 ⓘ
surface form: HTTP/1.1 specification suite
protocol HTTP ⓘ
surface form: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
protocolVersion HTTP/1.1 ⓘ
publishedBy Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ
surface form: IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ
standardizes behavior of HTTP caches on the Internet ⓘ
status RFC 9111 ⓘ
surface form: Internet Standard (via HTTP core update, superseded by RFC 9111)
stream Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ
surface form: IETF
subject HTTP intermediaries ⓘ
HTTP performance ⓘ
web caching ⓘ
supersededBy RFC 9111 ⓘ
title HTTP Caching ⓘ
surface form: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Caching
updates HTTP Caching ⓘ
surface form: HTTP/1.1 caching semantics

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HTTP Caching → definedIn → RFC 7234 ⓘ
HTTP/1.1 → definedIn → RFC 7234 ⓘ
RFC 7234 → defines → RFC 7234 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cache-Control header field semantics
RFC 9110 → obsoletes → RFC 7234 ⓘ
RFC 7230 → relatedTo → RFC 7234 ⓘ
RFC 7232 → relatedTo → RFC 7234 ⓘ
RFC 7233 → relatedTo → RFC 7234 ⓘ
RFC 9110 → replaces → RFC 7234 ⓘ
this entity surface form: HTTP caching specifications