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RFC 2718: Guidelines for new URL Schemes

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 4395.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 7595 — Guidelines and Registration Procedures for URI Schemes

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

This document provides guidelines for the definition of new URL schemes. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

Document record

Document ID
RFC2718
Published
November 1999
Authors
L. Masinter; H. Alvestrand; D. Zigmond; R. Petke
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
10
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 4395

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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 2717 (1999)
  2. RFC 2718 (1999)
  3. RFC 4395 (2006)
  4. RFC 7595 (2015) ✓

Read the full history of Guidelines and Registration Procedures for URI Schemes →

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