RFC 7320 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2014

URI Design and Ownership

Overview

RFC 7320, “URI Design and Ownership”, is a Best Current Practice document published in July 2014 by M. Nottingham. It updates RFC 3986. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8820 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Section 1.1.1 of RFC 3986 defines URI syntax as "a federated and extensible naming system wherein each scheme's specification may further restrict the syntax and semantics of identifiers using that scheme." In other words, the structure of a URI is defined by its scheme. While it is common for schemes to further delegate their substructure to the URI's owner, publishing independent standards that mandate particular forms of URI substructure is inappropriate, because that essentially usurps ownership. This document further describes this problematic practice and provides some acceptable alternatives for use in standards.

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What “Best Current Practice” means

Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 8820
This RFC updates
RFC 3986
Other RFCs from 2014

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