{
  "draft": "draft-dusseault-http-patch-16",
  "doc_id": "RFC5789",
  "title": "PATCH Method for HTTP",
  "authors": [
    "L. Dusseault",
    "J. Snell"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "10",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "IETF - NON WORKING GROUP",
  "abstract": "Several applications extending the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) require a feature to do partial resource modification.  The existing HTTP PUT method only allows a complete replacement of a document.  This proposal adds a new HTTP method, PATCH, to modify an existing HTTP resource. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "March 2010",
  "keywords": [
    "HTTP",
    "PATCH",
    "Hypertext Transfer Protocol"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC5789",
  "errata_url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc5789"
}