RFC 5808 · INFORMATIONAL · 2010
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Requirements for a Location-by-Reference Mechanism
Overview
RFC 5808, “Requirements for a Location-by-Reference Mechanism”, is an Informational document published in May 2010 by R. Marshall. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document defines terminology and provides requirements relating to the Location-by-Reference approach using a location Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) to handle location information within signaling and other Internet messaging. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
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 5808 is hosted at rfc-editor.org. Available in TXT,HTML.
Other RFCs from 2010
- RFC 5807 Definition of Master Key between PANA Client and Enforcement Point
- RFC 5806 Diversion Indication in SIP
- RFC 5810 Forwarding and Control Element Separation Protocol Specification
- RFC 5805 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Transactions
- RFC 5811 SCTP-Based Transport Mapping Layer for the Forwarding and Control Element Separation Protocol
- RFC 5804 A Protocol for Remotely Managing Sieve Scripts
- RFC 5812 Forwarding and Control Element Separation Forwarding Element Model
- RFC 5803 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Schema for Storing Salted Challenge Response Authentication Mechanism Secrets