"about" URI Tokens

Created

  • 2012-06-12

Last Updated

  • 2016-09-06

Available Formats


"about" URI Tokens

Registration Procedure(s)

  • First Come First Served

Reference

Available Formats

Token Description Reference
blank The about:blank URI references a blank page. RFC 6694
invalid The about:invalid URI references a non-existent document with a generic error condition. It can be used when a URI is necessary, but the default value shouldn't be resolveable as any type of document. http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-values/#about-invalid; CSS Working Group
srcdoc Used as the document's address of iframe srcdoc documents in HTML. http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#about:srcdoc; Ian Hickson
legacy-compat For use in DOCTYPEs in HTML documents when needed for compatibility with XML tools. http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#about:legacy-compat; Ian Hickson
html-kind The about:html-kind URI identifies the vocabulary of kind values in HTML specifications from W3C and WhatWG. https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#identifying-a-track-kind-through-a-url; David Singer

Contact Information

Name Contact URI Last Updated
CSS Working Group www-style&w3.org 2012-07-12
David Singer singer&apple.com 2016-09-06
Ian Hickson ian&hixie.ch 2012-08-09