Well-known URIs
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description: The /.well-known/ path prefix is a standardised place to publish site-level metadata. RFC 8615 defines it; IANA keeps the registry of allowed names.
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author: Web Specification Studio
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date modified: 2026-07-09T12:00:00.000Z
citation: RFC 8615 — Well-Known Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)
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  publisher: IETF
citation: IANA — Well-Known URIs Registry
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  publisher: IANA

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item list element: Home
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  item: https://webspecification.com/
item list element: Spec
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  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/
item list element: Well-Known URIs
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  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/well-known/
item list element: Well-known URIs
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  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/well-known/well-known-overview/