{
  "node_id": "ietf-rfc-8615-well-known-uris",
  "title": "IETF RFC 8615 Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers - Reserved Slash Dot Well Known Slash Path Suffix Registry Discovery Mechanism for Site-Wide Metadata Across HTTP HTTPS WebSocket and CoAP",
  "domain": "Workflow Automation",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-05-29T00:00:00Z",
  "bluf": "IETF RFC 8615 establishes the standardized framework for discovering site-wide metadata through reserved URI paths obsoleting RFC 5785 by defining a well-known URI as one whose path component begins with the characters slash dot well known slash and reserving this path prefix for schemes that explicitly support the mechanism including HTTP HTTPS WebSocket WSS CoAP and CoAPS, registering new suffixes through IANA with applicants providing the suffix name change controller information specification document reference status designation as permanent or provisional and related documentation, with security considerations covering write-access control to prevent unauthorized well-known resource modification browser interaction awareness for HTTP and HTTPS deployments clear application scoping to prevent cross-host policy misapplication and administrator visibility of hidden dot well known directories, and supporting widely-used suffixes including security.txt openid-configuration host-meta change-password and traffic-advice.",
  "paywall": {
    "status": "LOCKED",
    "unlock_cost_usd": "0.01",
    "skyfire_id": "41779894-ece2-4163-9761-b3b1b76e19b0"
  },
  "crosswalks": {
    "_available_keys": [
      "industry_mapping",
      "framework_alignment"
    ],
    "_note": "Full crosswalk values included in vault response"
  },
  "dependencies": [
    "ietf-rfc-9110-http-semantics-2022"
  ],
  "primary_citations_count": 8
}