RFC 5222: LoST: A Location-to-Service Translation Protocol

Publisher

RFC Editor / IETF

URL

https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5222

Published

2008-08-01

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-24

HTTP status

200

License

IETF Trust legal provisions; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• LoST (RFC 5222, August 2008) is the IETF protocol that maps a service identifier and civic or geodetic location to a service contact URI, such as the right emergency answering point; RFCs 6848, 8917 and 9036 update it. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2008, August 1). RFC 5222: LoST: A Location-to-Service Translation Protocol. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-editor-info-rfc5222

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-rfc-editor-info-rfc5222,
  title  = {RFC 5222: LoST: A Location-to-Service Translation Protocol},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2008},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-editor-info-rfc5222},
  note   = {RFC Editor / IETF, accessed 2026-09-24}
}