RFC 3284: The VCDIFF Generic Differencing and Compression Data Format
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This memo describes VCDIFF, a general, efficient and portable data format suitable for encoding compressed and/or differencing data so that they can be easily transported among computers. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC3284
- Published
- July 2002
- Authors
- D. Korn; J. MacDonald; J. Mogul; K. Vo
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 29
- Also known as
- —
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