gopher (The Gopher Protocol)

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The URI scheme "gopher" is a Permanent registration in the IANA Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Schemes registry. It is described as "The Gopher Protocol".

Scheme: gopher
Description: The Gopher Protocol
Status: Permanent
CRI scheme number: 8601
Well-known URI support: none
Reference: RFC 4266

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Original source: www.iana.org
Published on Koskamo by: Koskamo
Citation version: Document v1
Reuse: IANA Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) Schemes registry (iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes); registry data reproduced verbatim with references

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Published by Koskamo2026-10-04
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