Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
draft-nottingham-rfc5785bis-11
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Subject: Protocol Action: 'Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)' to Proposed Standard (draft-nottingham-rfc5785bis-10.txt)
The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)'
(draft-nottingham-rfc5785bis-10.txt) as Proposed Standard
This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF
Working Group.
The IESG contact person is Alexey Melnikov.
A URL of this Internet Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-nottingham-rfc5785bis/
Technical Summary
This document updates two RFCs defining the /.well-known/
path for URLs in HTTP (RFC 5785) and thewebsocketprotocol
(RFC 8307). The only meaningful change is to relax
some of the constraints on registrations to allow for a broader set of uses.
For instance, service discovery is now expressly permitted.
There are also a number of editorial improvements and an expansion
of the security considerations.
Working Group Summary
This is not a WG document.
The main change in this document is the result of some
contention about the intent of the mechanism and some
lengthy discussions in plenary (e.g.,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/101/materials/minutes-101-dispatch-01>).
A mailing list for discussing this was established after that
most recent discussion:
<https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/http-well-known/>.
Document Quality
This is a bis document for a commonly used registry.
The goal of the document is to relax and clarify registration
requirements.
Personnel
Shepherd: Martin Thomson
Responsible AD: Alexey Melnikov