1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL).

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This document specifies a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), the syntax and semantics of formalized information for location and access of resources via the Internet.

Status PROPOSED STANDARD
Format TXT=51348 bytes
Authors M. McCahill L. Masinter
Date December 1994
Keyphrases URL scheme RFC protocol

Obsoleted by

RFC4248: The telnet URI Scheme.
RFC4266: The gopher URI Scheme.

Updated by

RFC1808: Relative Uniform Resource Locators.
Updated by
- RFC2368: The mailto URL scheme.
- RFC2396: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax.
  Updated by
  - RFC2732: Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's.
RFC2368: The mailto URL scheme.
RFC2396: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax.
Updated by
- RFC2732: Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's.
RFC3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax.

References

RFC822: STANDARD FOR THE FORMAT OF ARPA INTERNET TEXT
RFC959: File Transfer Protocol.
RFC977: Network News Transfer Protocol.
RFC1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities.
RFC1036: Standard for interchange of USENET messages.
RFC1123: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Application and Support.
RFC1436: The Internet Gopher Protocol (a distributed document search and retrieval protocol).
RFC1625: WAIS over Z39.50-1988.
RFC1630: Universal Resource Identifiers in WWW: A Unifying Syntax for the Expression of Names and Addresses of Objects on the Network as used in the World-Wide Web.
RFC1737: Functional Requirements for Uniform Resource Names.

Referenced by

RFC1727: A Vision of an Integrated Internet Information Service.
RFC1739: A Primer On Internet and TCP/IP Tools.
RFC1808: Relative Uniform Resource Locators.
RFC1866: Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0.
RFC1945: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0.
RFC1959: An LDAP URL Format.
RFC1980: A Proposed Extension to HTML : Client-Side Image Maps.
RFC1983: Internet Users' Glossary.
RFC2016: Uniform Resource Agents (URAs).
RFC2017: Definition of the URL MIME External-Body Access-Type.
RFC2056: Uniform Resource Locators for Z39.50.
RFC2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1.
RFC2070: Internationalization of the Hypertext Markup Language.
RFC2079: Definition of an X.500 Attribute Type and an Object Class to Hold Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs).
RFC2110: MIME E-mail Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML (MHTML).
RFC2111: Content-ID and Message-ID Uniform Resource Locators.
RFC2122: VEMMI URL Specification.
RFC2150: Humanities and Arts: Sharing Center Stage on the Internet.
RFC2151: A Primer On Internet and TCP/IP Tools and Utilities.
RFC2165: Service Location Protocol.
RFC2167: Referral Whois (RWhois) Protocol V1.5.
RFC2186: Internet Cache Protocol (ICP), version 2.
RFC2187: Application of Internet Cache Protocol (ICP), version 2.
RFC2192: IMAP URL Scheme.
RFC2193: IMAP4 Mailbox Referrals.
RFC2221: IMAP4 Login Referrals.
RFC2224: NFS URL Scheme.
RFC2229: A Dictionary Server Protocol.
RFC2244: ACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol.
RFC2248: Network Services Monitoring
RFC2249: Mail Monitoring
RFC2251: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3).
RFC2255: The LDAP URL Format.
RFC2276: Architectural Principles of Uniform Resource Name Resolution.
RFC2291: Requirements for a Distributed Authoring and Versioning Protocol for the World Wide Web.
RFC2299: Request for Comments Summary.
RFC2326: Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP).
RFC2345: Domain Names and Company Name Retrieval.
RFC2368: The mailto URL scheme.
RFC2369: The Use of URLs as Meta-Syntax for Core Mail List Commands and their Transport through Message Header Fields.
RFC2371: Transaction Internet Protocol Version 3.0.
RFC2384: POP URL Scheme.
RFC2392: Content-ID and Message-ID Uniform Resource Locators.
RFC2396: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax.
RFC2425: A MIME Content-Type for Directory Information.
RFC2426: vCard MIME Directory Profile.
RFC2445: Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar).
RFC2459: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile.
RFC2483: URI Resolution Services Necessary for URN Resolution.
RFC2485: DHCP Option for The Open Group's User Authentication Protocol.
RFC2511: Internet X.509 Certificate Request Message Format.
RFC2543: SIP: Session Initiation Protocol.
RFC2557: MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML (MHTML).
RFC2560: X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol -
RFC2565: Internet Printing Protocol/1.0: Encoding and Transport.
RFC2585: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Operational Protocols: FTP and
RFC2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1.
RFC2640: Internationalization of the File Transfer Protocol.
RFC2655: CIP Index Object Format for SOIF Objects.
RFC2656: Registration Procedures for SOIF Template Types.
RFC2660: The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol.
RFC2707: Job Monitoring MIB - V1.0.
RFC2788: Network Services Monitoring
RFC2801: Internet Open Trading Protocol - IOTP Version 1.0.
RFC2806: URLs for Telephone Calls.
RFC2828: Internet Security Glossary.
RFC2849: The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) - Technical Specification.
RFC2910: Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Encoding and Transport.
RFC3075: XML-Signature Syntax and Processing.
RFC3163: ISO/IEC 9798-3 Authentication SASL Mechanism.
RFC3275: (Extensible Markup Language) XML-Signature Syntax and Processing.
RFC3280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile.
RFC3281: An Internet Attribute Certificate Profile for Authorization.
RFC3552: Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security Considerations.
RFC3568: Known Content Network (CN) Request-Routing Mechanisms.
RFC3650: Handle System Overview.
RFC3651: Handle System Namespace and Service Definition.
RFC3660: Basic Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) Packages.
RFC3696: Application Techniques for Checking and Transformation of Names.
RFC3729: Application Performance Measurement
RFC3795: Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Application Area Standards Track and Experimental Documents.
RFC3867: Payment Application Programmers Interface (API) for v1.0 Internet Open Trading Protocol (IOTP).
RFC3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax.
RFC4002: IANA Registration for Enumservice 'web' and 'ft'.
RFC4006: Diameter Credit-Control Application.
RFC4088: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Scheme for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
RFC4156: The wais URI Scheme.
RFC4157: The prospero URI Scheme.
RFC4211: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF).
RFC4248: The telnet URI Scheme.
RFC4266: The gopher URI Scheme.
RFC4324: Calendar Access Protocol (CAP).
RFC4450: Getting Rid of the Cruft: Report from an Experiment in Identifying and Reclassifying Obsolete Standards Documents.
RFC4516: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Uniform Resource Locator.