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Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) SCHEMES (last updated 07 October 2005) This is the Official IANA Registry of URI Schemes In the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) definition [RFC3986,RFC1738] there is a field, called "scheme", to identify the type of resource and access method. Scheme Name Description Reference ----------- ----------------------------------------- --------- ftp File Transfer Protocol [RFC1738] http Hypertext Transfer Protocol [RFC2616] gopher The Gopher Protocol [RFC-hoffman-gopher-uri-03.txt] mailto Electronic mail address [RFC2368] news USENET news [RFC1738] nntp USENET news using NNTP access [RFC1738] telnet Reference to interactive sessions [RFC-hoffman-telnet-uri-04.txt] wais Wide Area Information Servers [RFC4156] file Host-specific file names [RFC1738] prospero Prospero Directory Service [RFC4157] z39.50s Z39.50 Session [RFC2056] z39.50r Z39.50 Retrieval [RFC2056] cid content identifier [RFC2392] mid message identifier [RFC2392] vemmi versatile multimedia interface [RFC2122] service service location [RFC2609] imap internet message access protocol [RFC2192] nfs network file system protocol [RFC2224] acap application configuration access protocol [RFC2244] rtsp real time streaming protocol [RFC2326] tip Transaction Internet Protocol [RFC2371] pop Post Office Protocol v3 [RFC2384] data data [RFC2397] dav dav [RFC2518] opaquelocktoken opaquelocktoken [RFC2518] sip session initiation protocol [RFC3261] sips secure session intitiaion protocol [RFC3261] tel telephone [RFC2806] fax fax [RFC2806] modem modem [RFC2806] ldap Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [RFC-ietf-ldapbis-url-09.txt] https Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure [RFC2818] soap.beep soap.beep [RFC3288] soap.beeps soap.beeps [RFC3288] xmlrpc.beep xmlrpc.beep [RFC3529] xmlrpc.beeps xmlrpc.beeps [RFC3529] urn Uniform Resource Names [RFC2141] (please see: http://www.iana.org/assignments/urn-namespaces) go go [RFC3368] h323 H.323 [RFC3508] ipp Internet Printing Protocol [RFC3510] tftp Trivial File Transfer Protocol [RFC3617] mupdate Mailbox Update (MUPDATE) Protocol [RFC3656] pres Presence [RFC3859] im Instant Messaging [RFC3860] mtqp Message Tracking Query Protocol [RFC3887] iris.beep iris.beep [RFC3983] dict dictionary service protocol [RFC2229] snmp Simple Network Management Protocol [RFC4088] crid TV-Anytime Content Reference Identifier [RFC4078] tag tag [RFC-kindberg-tag-uri-07.txt] dns Domain Name System [RFC-draft-josefsson-dns-url-13.txt] Reserved URI Scheme Names: afs Andrew File System global file names tn3270 Interactive 3270 emulation sessions mailserver Access to data available from mail servers REFERENCES ---------- [RFC1738] Berners-Lee, T., L. Masinter, and M. McCahill, "Uniform Resource Locators (URL)", RFC 1738, CERN, Xerox Corporation, University of Minnesota, December 1994. [RFC2056] Denenberg, R., J. Kunze, D. Lynch, "Uniform Resource Locators for Z39.50", RFC 2056, Library of Congress, University of California, San Francisco, SilverPlatter Information Ltd., November 1996. [RFC2122] Mavrakis, D., H. Layec, and K. Kartmann, "VEMMI URL Specification", RFC 2122, Monaco Telematique, ETSI, Telecommunication+Multimedia, March 1997. [RFC2141] R. Moats, "URN Syntax", RFC 2141, May 1997. [RFC2165] Veizades, J., E. Guttman, C. Perkins, and A. Kaplan, "Service Location Protocol", RFC 2165, @Home Network, Sun Microsystems, June 1997. [RFC2192] Newman, C., "IMAP URL Scheme", RFC 2192, Innosoft, September 1997. [RFC2224] Callaghan, B., "NFS URL Scheme", RFC 2224, Sun Microsystems, October 1997. [RFC2229] R. Faith and B. Martin, "A Dictionary Server Protocol", RFC 2229, October 1997. [RFC2244] Newman, C., and J. Myers, "ACAP -- Application Configuration Access Protocol", RFC 2244, Innosoft, Netscape, November 1997. [RFC2326] Schulzrinne, H., Rao, A., and R. Lanphier, "Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)", RFC 2326, Columbia U., Netscape, RealNetworks, April 1998. [RFC2368] Hoffman, P., Masinter, L., and J. Zawinski, "The mailto URL scheme", RFC 2368, July 1998. [RFC2371] Lyon, J., Evans, K., and J. Klein, "Transaction Internet Protocol Version 3.0", RFC 2371, July 1998. [RFC2384] Gellens, R., "POP URL Scheme", RFC 2384, Qualcomm Inc., August 1998. [RFC2392] Levinson, E., "Content-ID and Message-ID Uniform Resource Locators", RFC 2392, XIson Inc, August 1998. [RFC2396] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax", RFC 2396, August 1998. [RFC2397] Masinter, L., "The "data" URL scheme", RFC 2397, August 1998. [RFC2518] Goland, Y., Whitehead, E., Faizi, A., Carter, S. and D. Jensen, "HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring -- WEBDAV", RFC 2518, February 1999. [RFC2609] Guttman, E., Perkins, C., Kempf J., "Service Templates and Service: Schemes", RFC 2609, June 1999. [RFC2616] R. Fielding, J. Gettys, J. Mogul, H. Frystyk, L. Masinter, P. Leach, T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999. [RFC2806] Vaha-Sipila, A., "URLs for Telephone Calls", RFC 2806, April 2000. [RFC2818] E. Rescorla, "HTTP Over TLS", RFC 2818, May 2000. [RFC3261] J. Rosenberg, H. Schulzrinne, G. Camarillo, A. Johnston, J. Peterson, R. Sparks, M. Handley, and E. Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, June 2002. [RFC3288] E. O'Tuathail and M. Rose, "Using SOAP in BEEP", RFC 3288, June 2002. [RFC3305] URI Planning Interest Group/W3C/IETF URIs, URLs, and URNs: Clarifications and Recommendations Report from the joint W3C/IETF URI Planning Interest Group, RFC 3305, August 2002. [RFC3368] M. Mealling, "The 'go' URI Scheme for the Common Name Resolution Protocol", RFC 3368, August 2002. [RFC3508] O. Lvein, "H.323 URL Scheme Registration with IANA", RFC 3508, April 2003. [RFC3510] R. Herriot and I. McDonald, "Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: IPP URL Scheme", RFC 3510, April 2003. [RFC3529] W. Harold, "Using XML-RPC in BEEP", RFC 3529, April 2003. [RFC3617] E. Lear, "URI Scheme for the TFTP Protocol", RFC 3617, October 2003. [RFC3656] R. Siemborski, "The MUPDATE Distributed Mailbox Database Protocol", RFC3656, December 2003. [RFC3859] J. Peterson, "Common Profile for Presence (CPP)", RFC 3859, August 2004. [RFC3860] J. Peterson, " Common Profile for Instant Messaging (CPIM)", RFC 3860, August 2004. [RFC3887] T. Hansen, "Message Tracking Query Protocol", RFC 3887, September 2004. [RFC3983] A. Newton and M. Sanz, "IRIS - Using the Internet Registry Information Service (IRIS) over the Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol (BEEP)", RFC 3983, January 2005. [RFC3986] T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding and L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", RFC 3986, January 2005. [RFC4078] N. Earnshaw, S. Aoki, A. Ashley, and W. Kameyama, "The TV-Anytime Content Reference Identifier (CRID)", RFC 4078, May 2005. [RFC4088] D. Black, K. McCloghrie, and J. Schoenwaelder, "Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Scheme for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)", RFC 4088, June 2005. [RFC-ietf-ldapbis-url-09.txt] M. Smith, Ed. and T. Howes, "LDAP: Uniform Resource Locator", RFC XXXX, Month Year. [RFC-kindberg-tag-uri-07.txt] T. Kindberg and S. Hawke, "The 'tag' URI scheme", RFC XXXX, Month Year. [RFC4156] P. Hoffman, "The wais URI Scheme", RFC 4156, August 2005. [RFC4157] P. Hoffman, "The prospero URI Scheme", RFC 4157, August 2005. [RFC-hoffman-telnet-uri-04.txt] P. Hoffman, "The telnet URI Scheme", RFC XXXX, Month Year. [RFC-hoffman-gopher-uri-03.txt] P. Hoffman, "The gopher URI Scheme", RFC XXXX, Month Year. [RFC-draft-josefsson-dns-url-13.txt] S. Josefsson, "Domain Name System Uniform Resource Identifiers", RFC XXXX, Month Year.