# WAIS URL's

Margaret St. Pierre (saint@wais.com)
Fri, 22 Jul 94 11:02:14 PDT

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    Date: Fri, 22 Jul 94 11:02:14 PDT

    Message-Id: <9407221802.AA03764@wais.wais.com>

    To: uri@bunyip.com

    From: saint@wais.com (Margaret St. Pierre)

    Subject: WAIS URL's

Here's a revised draft of the wais URL.

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3.9. WAIS

The WAIS URL scheme is used to designate WAIS databases, searches,
and retrievals of documents in a WAIS database.

WAIS URLs take the following forms:

URL:wais://<host>:<port>/<database>
URL:wais://<host>:<port>/<database>?<search>
URL:wais://<host>:<port>/<database>/<path>
If :<port> is omitted, the port defaults to 210. The first form designates
a WAIS database that is available for searching and retrieving. The second
and third forms designate a particular search and retrieval, respectively.
No user name or password is allowed.
Within the <database> component, "/" and "?" are reserved.
The WAIS protocol is specified in RFC1625.

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5. BNF

waisaddress = waisdatabase | waissearch | waisdoc
waisdatabase = "wais://" hostport "/" database
waissearch = "wais://" hostport "/" database "?" search
waisdoc = "wais://" hostport "/" database "/" path
database = *uchar

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