@techreport{kunze-thump-03, number = {draft-kunze-thump-03}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kunze-thump/03/}, author = {John A. Kunze and Nassib Nassar}, title = {{THUMP: The HTTP URL Mapping Protocol}}, pagetotal = 14, year = 2017, month = may, day = 2, abstract = {The HTTP URL Mapping Protocol (THUMP) is a set of URL-based conventions for retrieving information and conducting searches. THUMP can be used for focused retrievals or for broad database queries. A THUMP request is a URL containing a query string that starts with a {}`?', and can contain one or more THUMP commands. Returned records are formatted with Dublin Core Kernel metadata as Electronic Resource Citations, which are similar to blocks of email headers.}, }