.. seealso::
- :rfc:`1738` - Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
- This specifies the formal syntax and semantics of absolute URLs.
+ :rfc:`3986` - Uniform Resource Identifiers
+ This is the current standard (STD66). Any changes to urlparse module
+ should conform to this. Certain deviations could be observed, which are
+ mostly due backward compatiblity purposes and for certain to de-facto
+ parsing requirements as commonly observed in major browsers.
+
+ :rfc:`2396` - Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax
+ Document describing the generic syntactic requirements for both Uniform Resource
+ Names (URNs) and Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).
+
+ :rfc:`2368` - The mailto URL scheme.
+ Parsing requirements for mailto url schemes.
:rfc:`1808` - Relative Uniform Resource Locators
This Request For Comments includes the rules for joining an absolute and a
relative URL, including a fair number of "Abnormal Examples" which govern the
treatment of border cases.
- :rfc:`2396` - Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax
- Document describing the generic syntactic requirements for both Uniform Resource
- Names (URNs) and Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).
+ :rfc:`1738` - Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
+ This specifies the formal syntax and semantics of absolute URLs.
.. _urlparse-result-object: