here's the official announcement & nice HTML version http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5854
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Saint-Andre <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:01 PM Subject: Fwd: RFC 5854 on The Metalink Download Description Format To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> FYI. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RFC 5854 on The Metalink Download Description Format Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 12:38:32 -0700 (PDT) From: [email protected] To: [email protected], [email protected] CC: [email protected] A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 5854 Title: The Metalink Download Description Format Author: A. Bryan, T. Tsujikawa, N. McNab, P. Poeml Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: June 2010 Mailbox: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Pages: 39 Characters: 72641 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-bryan-metalink-28.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5854.txt This document specifies Metalink, an XML-based download description format. Metalink describes download locations (mirrors), cryptographic hashes, and other information. Clients can transparently use this information to reliably transfer files. [STANDARDS TRACK] This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol. STANDARDS TRACK: 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 standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to [email protected]. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce _______________________________________________ Apps-Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/apps-discuss -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en.
