RFC 1436

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RFC 1436 is the Internet standards document that defines the Gopher protocol for distributed document search and retrieval.

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instanceOf Internet standards document
Request for Comments
accessURL https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1436
area Applications
category Informational RFC
defines Gopher item types
Gopher menu structure
Gopher selector strings
Gopher server-client interaction
Gopher+ extensions overview NERFINISHED
Internet Gopher Protocol NERFINISHED
definesProtocol Gopher protocol NERFINISHED
describes Gopher client behavior
Gopher directory hierarchy NERFINISHED
Gopher item type codes
Gopher search queries
Gopher server behavior
Gopher+ attribute mechanism (at a high level)
documents early Internet information service architecture
focusesOn simple, menu-based navigation of distributed documents
influenced early web and hypertext information systems design
intendedAudience network application developers
system administrators
language English
protocolType distributed document search and retrieval protocol
publishedBy Internet Engineering Task Force
surface form: IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force
publishedInSeries Request for Comments
relatedTo FTP
Gopher protocol NERFINISHED
WAIS NERFINISHED
World Wide Web NERFINISHED
rfcNumber 1436
specifies CRLF-terminated lines
TCP-based client-server protocol
line-oriented text responses
tab-delimited Gopher menu entries
use of TCP port 70 for Gopher
use of a single period on a line to terminate a response
standardizes Gopher URL access method (pre-URL notation, via selectors and host/port)
status Informational
title The Internet Gopher Protocol (a distributed document search and retrieval protocol) NERFINISHED
useCase Campus-wide information systems
Wide-area information retrieval

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Gopher standardizedIn RFC 1436