RFC 4266 on The gopher URI Scheme

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        RFC 4266

        Title:      The gopher URI Scheme
        Author(s):  P. Hoffman
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       November 2005
        Mailbox:    paul.hoffman@vpnc.org
        Pages:      6
        Characters: 12083
        Obsoletes:  1738

        I-D Tag:    draft-hoffman-gopher-uri-03.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4266.txt

This document specifies the gopher Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
scheme that was originally specified in RFC 1738.  The purpose of
this document is to allow RFC 1738 to be made obsolete while keeping
the information about the scheme on standards track.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the
"Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the
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