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RFC 1808: Relative Uniform Resource Locators

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3986.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 3986 — Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax

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

In situations where the base URL is well-defined and known to the parser (human or machine), it is useful to be able to embed URL references which inherit that context rather than re-specifying it in every instance. This document defines the syntax and semantics for such Relative Uniform Resource Locators. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC1808
Published
June 1995
Authors
R. Fielding
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
16
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 3986
Updates:
RFC 1738
Updated by:
RFC 2368, RFC 2396

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1808 (1995)
  2. RFC 2396 (1998)
  3. RFC 2732 (1999)
  4. RFC 3986 (2005) ✓

Read the full history of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax →

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