URI/File scheme
Charter
This workspace is for the W3C URI Interest Group — consisting of subscribers to the group's mailing list (which is open to any interested party) — to prepare a new draft specification for the 'file' URI scheme.
The 'file' scheme is currently defined in section 3.10 of RFC 1738, published in December 1994. Due to the publication of subsequent RFCs, most parts of RFC 1738 have been rendered obsolete. However, some of the sections pertaining to a handful of schemes, such as 'file', are still in effect. Members of the URI Interest Group are hoping to produce new RFCs for each of these schemes so that RFC 1738 can finally be retired.
The 'file' scheme draft will be initially prepared here, then taken by an as-yet undesignated editor (most likely, Larry Masinter) and reworked into a proper RFC that can then be submitted to the IETF.
What's here
- The plan of action for updating the 'file' scheme
Related specifications
- RFC 1738
- RFC 2396
- RFC 3986
