UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIERS (URI) PARAMETERS Uniform Resource Locators (URL) Schemes In the Uniform Resource Locators (URL) definition [RFC1738] there is a field, called "scheme", to identify the type of resource and access method. Scheme Description Reference --------------- ------------------------------------------- --------- ftp File Transfer protocol [RFC1738] http Hypertext Transfer Protocol [RFC1738] gopher The Gopher protocol [RFC1738] mailto Electronic mail address [RFC1738] news USENET news [RFC1738] nntp USENET news using NNTP access [RFC1738] telnet Reference to interactive sessions [RFC1738] wais Wide Area Information Servers [RFC1738] file Host-specific file names [RFC1738] prospero Prospero Directory Service [RFC1738] Reserved URL Scheme Names: afs Andrew File System global file names mid Message identifiers for electronic mail cid Content identifiers for MIME body parts nfs Network File System (NFS) file names tn3270 Interactive 3270 emulation sessions mailserver Access to data available from mail servers z39.50 Access to ANSI Z39.50 services REFERENCES [RFC1738] Berners-Lee, T., L. Masinter, and M. McCahill, "Uniform Resource Locators (URL)", RFC 1738, CERN, Xerox Parc, and University of Minnesota, December 1994. []