The "file" URI Scheme
Matthew Kerwin · 2017
This document provides a more complete specification of the "file" Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme and replaces the very brief definition in [Section 3.10 of RFC 1738](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1738#section-3.10). It defines a common syntax that is intended to interoperate across the broad spectrum of existing usages. At the same time, it notes some other current practices around the use of file URIs.