This is the overview materials related to the W3C HTTP activity, one of the W3C Architecture domain activities. HTTP has been in use by the World Wide Web since 1990 and its use has increased steadily over the years, mainly because it has proven useful as http://www.w3.org/Protocols/
This document tries to clarify the intentions of the specs for HTTP versions 1.0 and 1.1. The aim is to avoid confusion regarding the use and interpretation of each. http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2145/rfc2145
Analysis of HTTP/1.1, identification of its failures, and suggestions for improvement. By Jeffrey C. Mogul of Compaq Research. http://www2002.org/CDROM/refereed/444/