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What is the relationship between the different versions of the WebSocket protocol?

I recently found out that there are many WebSocket protocol specifications (a bunch of them are called hixie-, another hybi- group, and finally RFC 6455).

I suggested that hixie- and hybi- were previous drafts, and that RFC is the “last word” to all implementations, ultimately converging. However, I was surprised to find that the RFC is from December 2011, and the latest hybi- * is from February 2012.

Can someone shed some light? What is the historical development of all these industries and what is the roadmap for the future?

By the way, are these ridiculous names (hicksy and hybi) behind something?
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Hixie comes from Ian Hickson .. the original author / author of the WebSocket protocol.

"Hybi" comes from "hy_pertext bi_directional". IETF Working Group "BiDirectional or Server-Initiated HTTP (Active WG)".

The last and last RFC is RFC6455. Contribute it.

Hixie-75/76 are deprecated, bugs have been fixed, and versions that have been used for some time are deprecated.

Hybi-Draft-N .. where N is .., 10, .., 18 note protocol changes during the development of the final RFC from RFC projects.

All> = Hybi-10 are just small options for the final RFC6455.

In short: read and submit http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455 and everything will be fine.

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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/1401145/

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