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RFC 5582: Location-to-URL Mapping Architecture and Framework

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This document describes an architecture for a global, scalable, resilient, and administratively distributed system for mapping geographic location information to URLs, using the Location-to-Service Translation (LoST) protocol. The architecture generalizes well-known approaches found in hierarchical lookup systems such as DNS. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC5582
Published
September 2009
Authors
H. Schulzrinne
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
art
Pages
17
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