RFC 3404 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2002

Dynamic Delegation Discovery System Part Four: The Uniform Resource Identifiers

Overview

RFC 3404, “Dynamic Delegation Discovery System Part Four: The Uniform Resource Identifiers”, is a Proposed Standard document published in October 2002 by M. Mealling. It obsoletes RFC 2168, RFC 2915. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes a specification for taking Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) and locating an authoritative server for information about that URI. The method used to locate that authoritative server is the Dynamic Delegation Discovery System. This document is part of a series that is specified in "Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part One: The Comprehensive DDDS" (RFC 3401). It is very important to note that it is impossible to read and understand any document in this series without reading the others. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2168 RFC 2915
Other RFCs from 2002

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