RFC 5785: Defining Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 8615.
Current version: RFC 8615 — Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This memo defines a path prefix for "well-known locations", "/.well-known/", in selected Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) schemes. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC5785
- Published
- April 2010
- Authors
- M. Nottingham; E. Hammer-Lahav
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 8
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 8615
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