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Uniform Resource Identifier

string of characters used to identify a name of a resource on a network such as the internet
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Uniform Resource Identifier

Summary

Uniform Resource Identifier ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,870 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Uniform Resource Identifier is a type of Internationalized Resource Identifier[2].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's Commons category is recorded as Uniform Resource Identifier[3].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's said to be the same as is recorded as URL[4].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier comprises URI scheme[5].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier comprises colon[6].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier comprises Uniform Resource Identifier authority[7].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's described at URL is recorded as https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2396[8].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's described at URL is recorded as https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986[9].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's described by source is recorded as RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax[10].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's used by is recorded as namespace[11].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's used by is recorded as Semantic Web[12].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's main Wikidata property is recorded as P8966[13].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'URI'}[14].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's different from is recorded as URN[15].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's different from is recorded as URL[16].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[17].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's exact match is recorded as http://purl.org/dc/terms/URI[18].
  • Uniform Resource Identifier's field of usage is recorded as World Wide Web[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Uniform Resource Identifier is a type of Internationalized Resource Identifier[2].

Use and Application

Components include URI scheme[5], colon[6], and Uniform Resource Identifier authority[7]. Recorded used by include namespace[11] and Semantic Web[12].

Influence

Things named for Uniform Resource Identifier include ht://Dig[20], a search engine[21].

Why It Matters

Uniform Resource Identifier ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,870 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for it include ht://Dig[20], a search engine[21].

Related Entities

curies Semantic Web

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . url.spec.whatwg.org. Retrieved . url.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → URI scheme, colon, Uniform Resource Identifier authority
    Subclass of → —
    Has parts → —
    Field of usage → World Wide Web
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007566476605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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