Gopher+ is a forward compatible enhancement to the Gopher protocol. Gopher+ works by sending metadata between the client and the server. The enhancement was never widely adopted by Gopher servers. How it works The client sends a tab followed by a +. A Gopher+ server will respond with a status line followed by the content the client requested. An item is marked as supporting Gopher+ in the Gopher directory listing by a tab + after the port. Other features Other features of Gopher+ include: * Item attributes, which can include the items ** Administrator ** Last date of modification ** Different views of the file, like PostScript or plain text, or different languages ** Abstract, or description of the item * Interactive queries
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