Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)

An URI is a unique identifier of the location of a resource. In many cases the URI will be a URL (i.e., a website address). 

The first part of a URI is called the "scheme". The most well known scheme is http, but there are many others. Each URI scheme has its own format for how a URI should appear.

Literature:

Berners-Lee, Tim, R. Fielding, & L. Masinter, eds. (1998) Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax, Internet RFC 2396.

Wikipedia. The free encyclopedia. (2006). Uniform Resource Identifier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier

Wikipedia. The free encyclopedia. (2006). Uniform Resource Locator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator

Wikipedia. The free encyclopedia. (2006). Uniform Resource Name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URN

See also: Call number

Birger Hjørland

Last edited: 18-10-2006

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