13. Acknowledgements

Brian Frank was a contributor to and coauthor of early versions of this specification.

Special thanks to Peter Bigot, Esko Dijk, and Cullen Jennings for substantial contributions to the ideas and text in the document, along with countless detailed reviews and discussions.

Thanks to Floris Van den Abeele, Anthony Baire, Ed Beroset, Berta Carballido, Angelo P. Castellani, Gilbert Clark, Robert Cragie, Pierre David, Esko Dijk, Lisa Dusseault, Mehmet Ersue, Thomas Fossati, Tobias Gondrom, Bert Greevenbosch, Tom Herbst, Jeroen Hoebeke, Richard Kelsey, Sye Loong Keoh, Ari Keranen, Matthias Kovatsch, Avi Lior, Stephan Lohse, Salvatore Loreto, Kerry Lynn, Andrew McGregor, Alexey Melnikov, Guido Moritz, Petri Mutka, Colin O'Flynn, Charles Palmer, Adriano Pezzuto, Thomas Poetsch, Robert Quattlebaum, Akbar Rahman, Eric Rescorla, Dan Romascanu, David Ryan, Peter Saint-Andre, Szymon Sasin, Michael Scharf, Dale Seed, Robby Simpson, Peter van der Stok, Michael Stuber, Linyi Tian, Gilman Tolle, Matthieu Vial, Maciej Wasilak, Fan Xianyou, and Alper Yegin for helpful comments and discussions that have shaped the document. Special thanks also to the responsible IETF area director at the time of completion, Barry Leiba, and the IESG reviewers, Adrian Farrel, Martin Stiemerling, Pete Resnick, Richard Barnes, Sean Turner, Spencer Dawkins, Stephen Farrell, and Ted Lemon, who contributed in- depth reviews.

Some of the text has been borrowed from the working documents of the IETF HTTPBIS working group.