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1# $Id$
2# Author: David Goodger <goodger@python.org>
3# Copyright: This module has been placed in the public domain.
5"""
6`schemes` is a dictionary with lowercase URI addressing schemes as
7keys and descriptions as values. It was compiled from the index at
8http://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes (revised 2005-11-28)
9and an older list at https://www.w3.org/Addressing/schemes.html.
10"""
12# Many values are blank and should be filled in with useful descriptions.
14schemes = {
15 'about': 'provides information on Navigator',
16 'acap': 'Application Configuration Access Protocol; RFC 2244',
17 'addbook': "To add vCard entries to Communicator's Address Book",
18 'afp': 'Apple Filing Protocol',
19 'afs': 'Andrew File System global file names',
20 'aim': 'AOL Instant Messenger',
21 'callto': 'for NetMeeting links',
22 'castanet': 'Castanet Tuner URLs for Netcaster',
23 'chttp': 'cached HTTP supported by RealPlayer',
24 'cid': 'content identifier; RFC 2392',
25 'crid': 'TV-Anytime Content Reference Identifier; RFC 4078',
26 'data': 'allows inclusion of small data items as "immediate" data; '
27 'RFC 2397',
28 'dav': 'Distributed Authoring and Versioning Protocol; RFC 2518',
29 'dict': 'dictionary service protocol; RFC 2229',
30 'dns': 'Domain Name System resources',
31 'eid': 'External ID; non-URL data; general escape mechanism to allow '
32 'access to information for applications that are too '
33 'specialized to justify their own schemes',
34 'fax': 'a connection to a terminal that can handle telefaxes '
35 '(facsimiles); RFC 2806',
36 'feed': 'NetNewsWire feed',
37 'file': 'Host-specific file names; RFC 1738',
38 'finger': '',
39 'freenet': '',
40 'ftp': 'File Transfer Protocol; RFC 1738',
41 'go': 'go; RFC 3368',
42 'gopher': 'The Gopher Protocol',
43 'gsm-sms': 'Global System for Mobile Communications Short Message '
44 'Service',
45 'h323': 'video (audiovisual) communication on local area networks; '
46 'RFC 3508',
47 'h324': 'video and audio communications over low bitrate connections '
48 'such as POTS modem connections',
49 'hdl': 'CNRI handle system',
50 'hnews': 'an HTTP-tunneling variant of the NNTP news protocol',
51 'http': 'Hypertext Transfer Protocol; RFC 2616',
52 'https': 'HTTP over SSL; RFC 2818',
53 'hydra': 'SubEthaEdit URI. '
54 'See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit.',
55 'iioploc': 'Internet Inter-ORB Protocol Location?',
56 'ilu': 'Inter-Language Unification',
57 'im': 'Instant Messaging; RFC 3860',
58 'imap': 'Internet Message Access Protocol; RFC 2192',
59 'info': 'Information Assets with Identifiers in Public Namespaces',
60 'ior': 'CORBA interoperable object reference',
61 'ipp': 'Internet Printing Protocol; RFC 3510',
62 'irc': 'Internet Relay Chat',
63 'iris.beep': 'iris.beep; RFC 3983',
64 'iseek': 'See www.ambrosiasw.com; a little util for OS X.',
65 'jar': 'Java archive',
66 'javascript': 'JavaScript code; '
67 'evaluates the expression after the colon',
68 'jdbc': 'JDBC connection URI.',
69 'ldap': 'Lightweight Directory Access Protocol',
70 'lifn': '',
71 'livescript': '',
72 'lrq': '',
73 'mailbox': 'Mail folder access',
74 'mailserver': 'Access to data available from mail servers',
75 'mailto': 'Electronic mail address; RFC 2368',
76 'md5': '',
77 'mid': 'message identifier; RFC 2392',
78 'mocha': '',
79 'modem': 'a connection to a terminal that can handle incoming data '
80 'calls; RFC 2806',
81 'mtqp': 'Message Tracking Query Protocol; RFC 3887',
82 'mupdate': 'Mailbox Update (MUPDATE) Protocol; RFC 3656',
83 'news': 'USENET news; RFC 1738',
84 'nfs': 'Network File System protocol; RFC 2224',
85 'nntp': 'USENET news using NNTP access; RFC 1738',
86 'opaquelocktoken': 'RFC 2518',
87 'phone': '',
88 'pop': 'Post Office Protocol; RFC 2384',
89 'pop3': 'Post Office Protocol v3',
90 'pres': 'Presence; RFC 3859',
91 'printer': '',
92 'prospero': 'Prospero Directory Service; RFC 4157',
93 'rdar': 'URLs found in Darwin source '
94 '(http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/).',
95 'res': '',
96 'rtsp': 'real time streaming protocol; RFC 2326',
97 'rvp': '',
98 'rwhois': '',
99 'rx': 'Remote Execution',
100 'sdp': '',
101 'service': 'service location; RFC 2609',
102 'shttp': 'secure hypertext transfer protocol',
103 'sip': 'Session Initiation Protocol; RFC 3261',
104 'sips': 'secure session intitiaion protocol; RFC 3261',
105 'smb': 'SAMBA filesystems.',
106 'snews': 'For NNTP postings via SSL',
107 'snmp': 'Simple Network Management Protocol; RFC 4088',
108 'soap.beep': 'RFC 3288',
109 'soap.beeps': 'RFC 3288',
110 'ssh': 'Reference to interactive sessions via ssh.',
111 't120': 'real time data conferencing (audiographics)',
112 'tag': 'RFC 4151',
113 'tcp': '',
114 'tel': 'a connection to a terminal that handles normal voice '
115 'telephone calls, a voice mailbox or another voice messaging '
116 'system or a service that can be operated using DTMF tones; '
117 'RFC 3966.',
118 'telephone': 'telephone',
119 'telnet': 'Reference to interactive sessions; RFC 4248',
120 'tftp': 'Trivial File Transfer Protocol; RFC 3617',
121 'tip': 'Transaction Internet Protocol; RFC 2371',
122 'tn3270': 'Interactive 3270 emulation sessions',
123 'tv': '',
124 'urn': 'Uniform Resource Name; RFC 2141',
125 'uuid': '',
126 'vemmi': 'versatile multimedia interface; RFC 2122',
127 'videotex': '',
128 'view-source': 'displays HTML code that was generated with JavaScript',
129 'wais': 'Wide Area Information Servers; RFC 4156',
130 'whodp': '',
131 'whois++': 'Distributed directory service.',
132 'x-man-page': 'Opens man page in Terminal.app on OS X '
133 '(see macosxhints.com)',
134 'xmlrpc.beep': 'RFC 3529',
135 'xmlrpc.beeps': 'RFC 3529',
136 'z39.50r': 'Z39.50 Retrieval; RFC 2056',
137 'z39.50s': 'Z39.50 Session; RFC 2056',
138 }