RFC 2396

Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax, August 1998

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Status:
DRAFT STANDARD
Obsoleted by:
RFC 3986
Updates:
RFC 1808, RFC 1738
Updated by:
RFC 2732
Authors:
T. Berners-Lee
R. Fielding
L. Masinter
Stream:
[Legacy]

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2396

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Abstract

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]


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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