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<reference anchor='RFC2718'>

<front>
<title>Guidelines for new URL Schemes</title>
<author initials='L.' surname='Masinter' fullname='Larry Masinter'>
<organization>Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto Research Center</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>3333 Coyote Hill Road</street>
<city>Palo Alto</city>
<region>CA</region>
<code>94304</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<email>masinter@parc.xerox.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='H.' surname='Alvestrand' fullname='Harald Tveit Alvestrand'>
<organization>Maxware</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>N-7005 Trondheim</street>
<city>Pirsenteret</city>
<region />
<code />
<country>NO</country></postal>
<phone>+47 73 545700</phone>
<email>harald.alvestrand@maxware.no</email></address></author>
<author initials='D.' surname='Zigmond' fullname='Dan Zigmond'>
<organization>WebTV Networks, Inc.</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>305 Lytton Avenue</street>
<city>Palo Alto</city>
<region>CA</region>
<code>94301</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 650 614 6071</phone>
<email>djz@corp.webtv.net</email></address></author>
<author initials='R.' surname='Petke' fullname='Rich Petke'>
<organization>UUNET Technologies</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>5000 Britton Road</street>
<street>P. O. Box 5000</street>
<city>Hilliard</city>
<region>OH</region>
<code>43026-5000</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 614 723 4157</phone>
<facsimile>+1 614 723 8407</facsimile>
<email>rpetke@wcom.net</email></address></author>
<date month='November' year='1999' />
<abstract>
<t>A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a compact string representation of the location for a resource that is available via the Internet. This document provides guidelines for the definition of new URL schemes.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='2718' />
</reference>
