HTTP-Enabled Location Delivery (HELD)

Publisher

IETF

URL

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5985.html

Published

2010-09-01

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-10-14

HTTP status

200

License

IETF Trust Legal Provisions; excerpts permitted with attribution under IETF Trust terms; locators preferred

Source notes citing this source

• In HELD (RFC 5985), the LIS identifies the requesting device by the source IP address of the location request; other identifiers are out of scope of the base protocol. in context
• RFC 5985 warns that a NAT or VPN between device and LIS can make the returned location inaccurate, and advises devices to perform LIS discovery and an initial query before connecting to a VPN, SOCKS or proxy server. in context
• A HELD locationResponse returns location by value as a PIDF-LO document or by reference as one or more location URIs, and the request may ask for any, geodetic, civic or locationURI types. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2010, September 1). HTTP-Enabled Location Delivery (HELD). WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-5985-held-b

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-rfc-5985-held-b,
  title  = {HTTP-Enabled Location Delivery (HELD)},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2010},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-5985-held-b},
  note   = {IETF, accessed 2026-10-14}
}