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URI
Definition
Character string allowing to identify an abstract or physical resource.
Description
A URI is used to or not identify an abstract or physical, accessible resource on Internet. Any thing having an identity can be regarded as a resource. Among the resources most largely known, one finds the documents electronic, the images, the services (for example: "the exchange value of the dollar today"). But the human beings, the books of a library or the companies can also be regarded as resources. A URI must make it possible to identify a resource in a permanent way (even if this resource is moved, removed or ceases existing). The syntax of URIs was defined by Tim Berners-Lee and was described in detail in August 1998 in the RFC 2396 (For Request How, literally Demande of comments) of the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) are a subset of URIs which makes it possible to identify a resource (clean of a URI) while specifying its site on Internet and the method making it possible to reach it.
Author
A.Z.M.Zakaria
Author Email
zakaria.cuet@yahoo.com
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