{"draft":"draft-bryan-metalink-28","doc_id":"RFC5854","title":"The Metalink Download Description Format","authors":["A. Bryan","T. Tsujikawa","N. McNab","P. Poeml"],"format":["ASCII","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\r\nformat.  Metalink describes download locations (mirrors),\r\ncryptographic hashes, and other information.  Clients can\r\ntransparently use this information to reliably transfer files.\r\n[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}