(last updated 2012-09-23) Resource Identifier (RI) Scheme name: rmi Status: provisional Scheme syntax: rmi://[:]/ Scheme semantics: Look up a Java object in an RMI registry. Encoding considerations: Unknown, use with care. Applications/protocols that use this scheme name: URI scheme understood by JNDI. Can be used to lookup a remote Java object within an RMI registry (typically for the purposes of RMI on that object). Host/port in the URI are of the rmiregistry process, not the remote object. Interoperability considerations: Unknown, use with care. May be unsuitable for open use on the public internet. Security considerations: Unknown, use with care. Contact: Registering party: Dave Thaler Scheme creator: Sun Author/Change controller: Either the registering party or someone who is verified to represent the scheme creator. See previous answer. References: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/guide/jndi/jndi-rmi.html#FORM (file created 2012-09-23)