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RFC 1738: Uniform Resource Locators (URL)

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 4248, RFC 4266.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 4248 — The telnet URI Scheme; RFC 4266 — The gopher URI Scheme

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

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

Document record

Document ID
RFC1738
Published
December 1994
Authors
T. Berners-Lee; L. Masinter; M. McCahill
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
25
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 4248, RFC 4266
Updated by:
RFC 1808, RFC 2368, RFC 2396, RFC 3986, RFC 6196, RFC 6270, RFC 8089

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1738 (1994)
  2. RFC 4248 (2005)
  3. RFC 4266 (2005) ✓

Read the full history of The gopher URI Scheme →

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9 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.

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