File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

P. Jones
G. Salgueiro
M. Jones
J. Smarr

Stream:

IETF

Source:

appsawg (app)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7033

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Abstract

This specification defines the WebFinger protocol, which can be used to discover information about people or other entities on the Internet using standard HTTP methods. WebFinger discovers information for a URI that might not be usable as a locator otherwise, such as account or email URIs.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.