Technical Summary
This document advances the URI specification to Full Standard.
It defines the generic syntax for URIs and describes a process for resolving
URI references that are in relative form. It also contains guidelines for the
use
of URIs on the Internet and security considerations which are
common to the use of URIs. The grammar it defines is a superset
of valid URIs, so that a common parser or similar component
can be built without scheme-specific data.
Working Group Summary
The URI working group is not active at this time, but the mailing list
(uri@w3.org) remains active. Members of the mailing list reviewed
this document extensively, and a comprehensive issues list was
maintained, with recorded resolutions of each of the issues raised.
The document also received editorial comments during Last Call;
a new version of the document with additional explanatory text
was generated in response to the issues raised. URIs are
widely in used many Internet context, and there has been no
dissent that a Full Standard updating RFC 2396 would be valuable.
Protocol Quality
This document was reviewed for the IESG by Ted Hardie.
RFC Editor Note:
OLD: URI comparison is performed in respect to some particular purpose,
and implementations with differing purposes will often be subject to
differing design trade-offs in regards to how much effort should be
spent in reducing aliased identifiers.
NEW: URI comparison is performed in respect to some particular purpose,
and protocols or implementations comparing for purposes will often be
subject to differing design trade-offs in regards to how much effort
should be spent in reducing aliased identifiers.