Uniform Resource Identifier
string of characters used to identify an abstract or physical resource
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Summary
Uniform Resource Identifier ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,029 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: Internationalized Resource Identifier[2]
- Commons category: Uniform Resource Identifier[3]
- Has part(s): URI scheme[4], Uniform Resource Identifier authority[5], path[6], query string[7], fragment identifier[8]
- Described at URL: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2396[9], https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986[10]
- Described by source: RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax[11], RFC 2396: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax[12]
- Used by: namespace[13], Semantic Web[14]
- Main Wikidata property: P8966[15]
- Short name: URI[16]
- Different from: URN[17], URL[18]
- Uses: ASCII[19]
- Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[20]
- Exact match: http://purl.org/dc/terms/URI[21]
- Field of usage: World Wide Web[22]
- P14541: 1KTRlU[23], 3WDPWc[24]
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Influence
Things named for Uniform Resource Identifier include ht://Dig[25], a search engine[26].
Why It Matters
Uniform Resource Identifier has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for it include ht://Dig[25], a search engine[26].