Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax

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Tim Berners-Lee, Roy T. Fielding, Larry Masinter
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Request for Comments 2396
August 1998

A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact string of characters for identifying an abstract or physical resource. This document defines the generic syntax of URI, including both absolute and relative forms, and guidelines for their use; it revises and replaces the generic definitions in RFC 1738 and RFC 1808.