URL
Uniform resource locator
AbbreviationURL
StatusPublished
First published1994
Latest versionLiving Standard
2023
OrganizationInternet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
CommitteeWeb Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)
SeriesRequest for Comments (RFC)
EditorsAnne van Kesteren
AuthorsTim Berners-Lee
Base standards• RFC 3986 – ” Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax,1 Internet Standard 66.
• RFC 4248 – ” The telnet URI Scheme,2
• RFC 4266 – ” The gopher URI Scheme,3
• RFC 6068 – ” The ‘mailto’ URI Scheme,4
• RFC 6270 – ” The ‘tn3270’ URI Scheme,5
Related standardsURI, URN
DomainWorld Wide Web
LicenseCC BY 4.0
Websiteurl.spec.whatwg.org

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Footnotes

  1. T. Berners-Lee; R. Fielding; L. Masinter (January 2005). Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax. Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC3986. STD 66. RFC 3986. Internet Standard 66. Obsoletes RFC 2732, 2396 and 1808. Updated by RFC 6874, 7320 and 8820. Updates RFC 1738.

  2. P. Hoffman (October 2005). The telnet URI Scheme. Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC4248. RFC 4248. Proposed Standard. Obsoletes RFC 1738.

  3. P. Hoffman (November 2005). The gopher URI Scheme. Network Working Group. doi:10.17487/RFC4266. RFC 4266. Proposed Standard. Obsoletes RFC 1738.

  4. M. Duerst; L. Masinter; J. Zawinski (October 2010). The ‘mailto’ URI Scheme. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC6068. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 6068. Proposed Standard. Obsoletes RFC 2368.

  5. M. Yevstifeyev (June 2011). The ‘tn3270’ URI Scheme. Internet Engineering Task Force. doi:10.17487/RFC6270. ISSN 2070-1721. RFC 6270. Proposed Standard. Updates RFC 1041, 1738 and 2355.