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PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

S. Farrell
D. Kutscher
C. Dannewitz
B. Ohlman
A. Keranen
P. Hallam-Baker

Stream:

IETF

Source:

NON WORKING GROUP

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6920

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Abstract

This document defines a set of ways to identify a thing (a digitalobject in this case) using the output from a hash function. Itspecifies a new URI scheme for this purpose, a way to map these toHTTP URLs, and binary and human-speakable formats for these names.The various formats are designed to support, but not require, astrong link to the referenced object, such that the referenced objectmay be authenticated to the same degree as the reference to it. Thereason for this work is to standardise current uses of hash outputsin URLs and to support new information-centric applications and otheruses of hash outputs in protocols.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.