The WebFinger Protocol
Yahoo!
eran@hueniverse.com
http://hueniverse.com
Google
brad@fitzpat.com
http://www.bradfitz.com
BT
romeda@gmail.com
http://romeda.org/
This memo specifies the WebFinger, a protocol for obtaining account metadata, as well as
the 'acct' URI scheme. 'acct' URIs are used to identify user accounts at a given host which
are typically used for the purpose of resource management and establishing identity. User
accounts include a local identifier (username, screenname, or handle), and a host which
can resolve and usually authenticate the local identifier.
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT",
"RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
.
This document uses the Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) notation of .
Additionally, the following rules are included from : reserved and
unreserved.
This memo includes no request to IANA.
[[ TBD ]]
[[ to be removed by the RFC editor before publication as an RFC ]]
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Initial (empty) draft.