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Internet technologies, including those of the World Wide Web, are defined by semi-formal collaborative bodies called Working Groups. There are many dozens of these groups, covering everything from the HTML language to HTTP to new versions of the TCP/IP Internet protocols.
Formal documents prepared by these groups are published as what are know as RFC, for Requests For Comments. For example, RFC 1866 is the formal specification for HTML Version 2. These are the documents that define the technologies used on the Internet. RFCs are stored, as plain text documents, at a number of Internet anonymous FTP archive sites. The main site for these documents is is the machine ds.internic.net. In this case, the RFC documents are found at the URL (the second URL points directly to the HTML 2.0 RFC):
ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/ ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1866.txt
There are several machines around the world housing these documents. These are:
You should select the closest machine, to reduce network bandwidth.
Some standards, such as ASCII codes for languages and countries, are set by the International Standards Organization. These are also important on the Internet, and are incorporated into a number of Web standards.
Here is a list of the more important RFCs, and their meanings
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