RFC 2396 · August 1998 · T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, L. Masinter

Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax

DRAFT STANDARDLegacy stream

Obsoleted by RFC 3986. Read the newer document for current behaviour.

4 verified errata1 held for document update

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