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Late reviews may result in the need to make significant changes in the final stages of the process.</p> <p>Authors of documents that use HTTP are encouraged to be familiar with:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc9205.html">Building Protocols with HTTP</a> (BCP 56)</li> <li>The <a href="https://httpwg.org/admin/editors/style-guide">HTTP Editorial Style Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc8941.html">Structured Field Values</a> (when defining header or trailer fields)</li> </ul> <p>Working Group chairs can request reviews by the directorate. Additionally, you can send e-mail to the <a href="https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/">HTTP mailing list</a> to request broader community feedback.<sup id="fnref:1" role="doc-noteref"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote" rel="footnote">1</a></sup></p> <p>We encourage re-reviews of the document when substantial changes take place, and during Last Call.</p> <p>See also our <a href="guidelines">guidelines for reviewers</a>.</p> <h2 id="extending-http">Extending HTTP</h2> <p>Documents that use the generic extension points of HTTP (e.g., new methods, new status codes, new content codings) need to coordinate with the <a href="https://httpwg.org/">HTTP Working Group</a> for review; generally, these extensions are defined either within the HTTP Working Group, or a new Working Group chartered explicitly to do so. 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