A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7033 Title: WebFinger Author: P. Jones, G. Salgueiro, M. Jones, J. Smarr Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: September 2013 Mailbox: paulej@packetizer.com, gsalguei@cisco.com, mbj@microsoft.com, jsmarr@google.com Pages: 28 Characters: 61552 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-appsawg-webfinger-18.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7033.txt This specification defines the WebFinger protocol, which can be used to discover information about people or other entities on the Internet using standard HTTP methods. WebFinger discovers information for a URI that might not be usable as a locator otherwise, such as account or email URIs. This document is a product of the Applications Area Working Group Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. 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/search/rfc_search.php 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 rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC