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# $Id: urischemes.py 4564 2006-05-21 20:44:42Z wiemann $
# Author: David Goodger <goodger@python.org>
# Copyright: This module has been placed in the public domain.
"""
`schemes` is a dictionary with lowercase URI addressing schemes as
keys and descriptions as values. It was compiled from the index at
http://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes (revised 2005-11-28)
and an older list at http://www.w3.org/Addressing/schemes.html.
"""
# Many values are blank and should be filled in with useful descriptions.
schemes = {
'about': 'provides information on Navigator',
'acap': 'Application Configuration Access Protocol; RFC 2244',
'addbook': "To add vCard entries to Communicator's Address Book",
'afp': 'Apple Filing Protocol',
'afs': 'Andrew File System global file names',
'aim': 'AOL Instant Messenger',
'callto': 'for NetMeeting links',
'castanet': 'Castanet Tuner URLs for Netcaster',
'chttp': 'cached HTTP supported by RealPlayer',
'cid': 'content identifier; RFC 2392',
'crid': 'TV-Anytime Content Reference Identifier; RFC 4078',
'data': ('allows inclusion of small data items as "immediate" data; '
'RFC 2397'),
'dav': 'Distributed Authoring and Versioning Protocol; RFC 2518',
'dict': 'dictionary service protocol; RFC 2229',
'dns': 'Domain Name System resources',
'eid': ('External ID; non-URL data; general escape mechanism to allow '
'access to information for applications that are too '
'specialized to justify their own schemes'),
'fax': ('a connection to a terminal that can handle telefaxes '
'(facsimiles); RFC 2806'),
'feed' : 'NetNewsWire feed',
'file': 'Host-specific file names; RFC 1738',
'finger': '',
'freenet': '',
'ftp': 'File Transfer Protocol; RFC 1738',
'go': 'go; RFC 3368',
'gopher': 'The Gopher Protocol',
'gsm-sms': ('Global System for Mobile Communications Short Message '
'Service'),
'h323': ('video (audiovisual) communication on local area networks; '
'RFC 3508'),
'h324': ('video and audio communications over low bitrate connections '
'such as POTS modem connections'),
'hdl': 'CNRI handle system',
'hnews': 'an HTTP-tunneling variant of the NNTP news protocol',
'http': 'Hypertext Transfer Protocol; RFC 2616',
'https': 'HTTP over SSL; RFC 2818',
'hydra': 'SubEthaEdit URI. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit.',
'iioploc': 'Internet Inter-ORB Protocol Location?',
'ilu': 'Inter-Language Unification',
'im': 'Instant Messaging; RFC 3860',
'imap': 'Internet Message Access Protocol; RFC 2192',
'info': 'Information Assets with Identifiers in Public Namespaces',
'ior': 'CORBA interoperable object reference',
'ipp': 'Internet Printing Protocol; RFC 3510',
'irc': 'Internet Relay Chat',
'iris.beep': 'iris.beep; RFC 3983',
'iseek' : 'See www.ambrosiasw.com; a little util for OS X.',
'jar': 'Java archive',
'javascript': ('JavaScript code; evaluates the expression after the '
'colon'),
'jdbc': 'JDBC connection URI.',
'ldap': 'Lightweight Directory Access Protocol',
'lifn': '',
'livescript': '',
'lrq': '',
'mailbox': 'Mail folder access',
'mailserver': 'Access to data available from mail servers',
'mailto': 'Electronic mail address; RFC 2368',
'md5': '',
'mid': 'message identifier; RFC 2392',
'mocha': '',
'modem': ('a connection to a terminal that can handle incoming data '
'calls; RFC 2806'),
'mtqp': 'Message Tracking Query Protocol; RFC 3887',
'mupdate': 'Mailbox Update (MUPDATE) Protocol; RFC 3656',
'news': 'USENET news; RFC 1738',
'nfs': 'Network File System protocol; RFC 2224',
'nntp': 'USENET news using NNTP access; RFC 1738',
'opaquelocktoken': 'RFC 2518',
'phone': '',
'pop': 'Post Office Protocol; RFC 2384',
'pop3': 'Post Office Protocol v3',
'pres': 'Presence; RFC 3859',
'printer': '',
'prospero': 'Prospero Directory Service; RFC 4157',
'rdar' : ('URLs found in Darwin source '
'(http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/).'),
'res': '',
'rtsp': 'real time streaming protocol; RFC 2326',
'rvp': '',
'rwhois': '',
'rx': 'Remote Execution',
'sdp': '',
'service': 'service location; RFC 2609',
'shttp': 'secure hypertext transfer protocol',
'sip': 'Session Initiation Protocol; RFC 3261',
'sips': 'secure session intitiaion protocol; RFC 3261',
'smb': 'SAMBA filesystems.',
'snews': 'For NNTP postings via SSL',
'snmp': 'Simple Network Management Protocol; RFC 4088',
'soap.beep': 'RFC 3288',
'soap.beeps': 'RFC 3288',
'ssh': 'Reference to interactive sessions via ssh.',
't120': 'real time data conferencing (audiographics)',
'tag': 'RFC 4151',
'tcp': '',
'tel': ('a connection to a terminal that handles normal voice '
'telephone calls, a voice mailbox or another voice messaging '
'system or a service that can be operated using DTMF tones; '
'RFC 2806.'),
'telephone': 'telephone',
'telnet': 'Reference to interactive sessions; RFC 4248',
'tftp': 'Trivial File Transfer Protocol; RFC 3617',
'tip': 'Transaction Internet Protocol; RFC 2371',
'tn3270': 'Interactive 3270 emulation sessions',
'tv': '',
'urn': 'Uniform Resource Name; RFC 2141',
'uuid': '',
'vemmi': 'versatile multimedia interface; RFC 2122',
'videotex': '',
'view-source': 'displays HTML code that was generated with JavaScript',
'wais': 'Wide Area Information Servers; RFC 4156',
'whodp': '',
'whois++': 'Distributed directory service.',
'x-man-page': ('Opens man page in Terminal.app on OS X '
'(see macosxhints.com)'),
'xmlrpc.beep': 'RFC 3529',
'xmlrpc.beeps': 'RFC 3529',
'z39.50r': 'Z39.50 Retrieval; RFC 2056',
'z39.50s': 'Z39.50 Session; RFC 2056',}