Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a compact string representation of the location for a resource that is available via the Internet.
- Format for Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's - (IETF RFC 2732) defines the format for literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's for implementation in World Wide Web browsers, R. Hinden, B. Carpenter, L. Masinter, December 1999
- Guidelines for new URL Schemes - (IETF RFC 2718) provides guidelines for the definition of new URL schemes, L. Masinter, H. Alvestrand, D. Zigmond, R. Petke, November 1999
- H.323 Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Scheme Registration - (IETF RFC 3508) reproduces the ITU-T Recommendation H.323 version 4, and is published as an RFC for ease of access and registration with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), Orit Levin, April 2003
- Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: IPP URL Scheme - (IETF RFC 3510) updates IPP/1.1: Encoding and Transport (RFC 2910), by expanding and clarifying Section 5, "IPP URL Scheme", of RFC 2910, Robert Herriot, April 2003
- The mailto URL scheme - (IETF RFC 2368, Updates RFC 1738 and RFC 1808) defines the format of URLs for designating electronic mail addresses, P. Hoffman, L. Masinter, J. Zawinski, July 1998
- Registration Procedures for URL Scheme Names - (IETF RFC 2717, Best Current Practice 35) defines the process by which new URL scheme names are registered, R. Petke, I. King, November 1999
- Relative Uniform Resource Locators - (IETF RFC 1808, Updates RFC 1738, Updated by RFC 2368 and RFC 2396) defines the syntax and semantics for situations in which the base URL is well-defined and known to the parser (human or machine) and one wishes to embed URL references which inherit that context rather than re-specifying it in every instance, R. Fielding, June 1995
- Uniform Resource Locators (URL) - (IETF RFC 1738, Updated by RFC 1808, RFC 2368 and RFC 2396) T. Berners-Lee, L. Masinter, M. McCahill, December 1994
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