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RFC 2396: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax

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

This document defines a grammar that is a superset of all valid URI, such that an implementation can parse the common components of a URI reference without knowing the scheme-specific requirements of every possible identifier type. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2396
Published
August 1998
Authors
T. Berners-Lee; R. Fielding; L. Masinter
Status
DRAFT STANDARD
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
40
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 3986
Updates:
RFC 1738, RFC 1808
Updated by:
RFC 2732

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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) ✓

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