{
  "draft": "draft-bryan-metalink-28",
  "doc_id": "RFC5854",
  "title": "The Metalink Download Description Format",
  "authors": [
    "A. Bryan",
    "T. Tsujikawa",
    "N. McNab",
    "P. Poeml"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "39",
  "pub_status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD",
  "source": "IETF - NON WORKING GROUP",
  "abstract": "This document specifies Metalink, an XML-based download description format.  Metalink describes download locations (mirrors), cryptographic hashes, and other information.  Clients can transparently use this information to reliably transfer files. [STANDARDS-TRACK]",
  "pub_date": "June 2010",
  "keywords": [
    "file transfer",
    "mirrors",
    "data integrity",
    "hash",
    "xml",
    "http",
    "hypertext transfer protocol",
    "ftp",
    "file transfer protocol",
    "metadata",
    "torrent"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC5854",
  "errata_url": null
}