This is the working area for the Braid extensions to HTTP in the IETF HTTP Working Group. These extensions add Synchronization to HTTP. They are authored in three documents:

Braid adds to HTTP:

1. Versioning to resources
2. Subscriptions to GET requests
3. Patches built on Range Requests
4. Merge-Types that specify OT or CRDT behavior

A uniform approach for expressing changes to state over HTTP. Generalizes Range Requests to other HTTP methods. Defines the replacement of a range with a new value.

Merge Types specify how to consistently merge a set of simultaneous conflicting edits to a resource. If multiple computers implement the same Merge Type, they can guarantee eventual consistency after arbitrary multi-writer edits.

NelSON is an extension of JSON that "Ted Nelson would approve of." Any region can be framed with a URI and HTTP Metadata. Allows JSON objects to compose across websites. Supports transclusion.

You are welcome to edit these documents. To get Github access, send your login to Michael. Discuss edits on the Braid mailing list. After editing, add your name to the authors list at the top and bottom of the document.

Discussion of the spec should occur on the IETF HTTPWG mailing list mailing list. Anyone can contribute; you don't have to join the HTTP Working Group, because there is no "membership" — anyone who participates in the work is part of the HTTP Working Group. See also Contributing to the HTTP Working Group.

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