The "file" URI Scheme

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 19
Abstract: This document provides a more complete specification of the "file" Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme and replaces the very brief definition in Section 3.10 of RFC 1738. It defines a common syntax that is intended to interoperate across the broad spectrum of existing usages. At the same time, it notes some other current practices around the use of file URIs.
Publication Date: 2017-02-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC8089
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8089
Author(s): Matthew Kerwin
Keyword(s): Uniform Resource Identifier, URL

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IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3629 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3986 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 5234 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 6454 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6874 [Superseded*]

Bibliographic Reference(s)

10.1109-IEEESTD.2013.6506091 — POSIX EXTERNAL
MOZ.Bugzilla.107540 — Bug107540 EXTERNAL
Free Software Foundation, Inc, "Bash Reference Manual: Tilde Expansion", September 2016, < http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/ Tilde-Expansion.html >. EXTERNAL
Microsoft, "Windows Data Types: 2.2.57 UNC", October 2015, < http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg465305.aspx >. EXTERNAL
"The Z Shell Manual: 14.7 Filename Expansion", December 2015, < http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/ Expansion.html#Filename-Expansion >. EXTERNAL
Microsoft Developer Network Blogs, "Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces", June 2013, < https://msdn.microsoft.com/ en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx>. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 1630 [Active*]
IETF RFC 1738 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2396 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 6838 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7595 [Active*]
UNICODE.STD.9.0.0 — UNICODE EXTERNAL
UNICODE.STD.TR15-44 — UAX15 EXTERNAL
WHATWG.URL — WHATWG-URL EXTERNAL

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