RFC 2259 · INFORMATIONAL · 1998
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol
Overview
RFC 2259, “Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol”, is an Informational document published in January 1998 by J. Elliott, J. Ordille. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The Simple Nomenclator Query Protocol (SNQP) allows a client to communicate with a descriptive name service or other relational-style query service. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
Read this RFC
The canonical text of RFC 2259 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
Other RFCs from 1998
- RFC 2258 Internet Nomenclator Project
- RFC 2260 Scalable Support for Multi-homed Multi-provider Connectivity
- RFC 2257 Agent Extensibility Protocol Version 1
- RFC 2261 An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
- RFC 2262 Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 2263 SNMPv3 Applications
- RFC 2264 User-based Security Model for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 2265 View-based Access Control Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol