WebFinger
RFC 7033
Document | Type | RFC - Proposed Standard (September 2013; No errata) | |
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Authors | Paul Jones , Gonzalo Salgueiro , Michael Jones , Joseph Smarr | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
Replaces | draft-jones-appsawg-webfinger | ||
Stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized (tools) htmlized bibtex | ||
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Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
Document shepherd | Salvatore Loreto | ||
Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2013-03-04) | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 7033 (Proposed Standard) | |
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Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
Telechat date | |||
Responsible AD | Barry Leiba | ||
IESG note | Salvatore Loreto (Salvatore.Loreto@ericsson.com) is the document shepherd. | ||
Send notices to | (None) | ||
IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack |
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) P. Jones Request for Comments: 7033 G. Salgueiro Category: Standards Track Cisco Systems ISSN: 2070-1721 M. Jones Microsoft J. Smarr Google September 2013 WebFinger Abstract This specification defines the WebFinger protocol, which can be used to discover information about people or other entities on the Internet using standard HTTP methods. WebFinger discovers information for a URI that might not be usable as a locator otherwise, such as account or email URIs. Status of This Memo This is an Internet Standards Track document. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7033. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2013 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Jones, et al. Standards Track [Page 1] RFC 7033 WebFinger September 2013 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................3 2. Terminology .....................................................3 3. Example Uses of WebFinger .......................................4 3.1. Identity Provider Discovery for OpenID Connect .............4 3.2. Getting Author and Copyright Information for a Web Page ....5 4. WebFinger Protocol ..............................................7 4.1. Constructing the Query Component of the Request URI.......7 4.2. Performing a WebFinger Query..............................8 4.3. The "rel" Parameter.......................................9 4.4. The JSON Resource Descriptor (JRD).......................11 4.4.1. subject.............................................11 4.4.2. aliases.............................................11 4.4.3. properties..........................................12 4.4.4. links...............................................12 4.5. WebFinger and URIs.......................................14 5. Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) ...........................14 6. Access Control .................................................15 7. Hosted WebFinger Services ......................................15 8. Definition of WebFinger Applications ...........................16 8.1. Specification of the URI Scheme and URI ...................17 8.2. Host Resolution ...........................................17 8.3. Specification of Properties ...............................17 8.4. Specification of Links ....................................18 8.5. One URI, Multiple Applications ............................18 8.6. Registration of Link Relation Types and Properties ........19 9. Security Considerations ........................................19 9.1. Transport-Related Issues ..................................19 9.2. User Privacy Considerations ...............................19 9.3. Abuse Potential ...........................................21 9.4. Information Reliability ...................................21 10. IANA Considerations ...........................................22 10.1. Well-Known URI ...........................................22 10.2. JSON Resource Descriptor (JRD) Media Type ................22 10.3. Registering Link Relation Types ..........................24 10.4. Establishment of the "WebFinger Properties" Registry .....24 10.4.1. The Registration Template .........................24Show full document text