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URI stands for Uniform Resource Identifier and is used to identify resources on the web. URIs can be URLs or URNs. A URL provides the location of a resource and includes components like the protocol, computer name, directories, and file name. A URN identifies a resource by name in a namespace but does not specify how to access it, similar to a person's name. Examples of URNs include ISBN numbers and ISSN numbers. URIs allow resources on the web to be uniquely identified and linked together.

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Uri & Url

URI stands for Uniform Resource Identifier and is used to identify resources on the web. URIs can be URLs or URNs. A URL provides the location of a resource and includes components like the protocol, computer name, directories, and file name. A URN identifies a resource by name in a namespace but does not specify how to access it, similar to a person's name. Examples of URNs include ISBN numbers and ISSN numbers. URIs allow resources on the web to be uniquely identified and linked together.

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URI, URL & URN

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)

 URI stand for Uniform Resource Identifier, which is used to identify resource on the
web.
 A URI identify a resource either by location, or a name, or both.
 More often than not, most of us use URIs that defines a location to a resource.
 URIs can be classified as uniform resource Locators (URLs), as Uniform Resource
names (URNs), or as both.
 A uniform resource name (URN) function like a person’s name, while a uniform
resource locator (URL) resembles that person’s street address.
 In other words, the URN defines an item’s identity, while the URL provides a method
to find it.

URI

URN URL
Fig Uniform Resource Identifier

 The World Wide Web can conceive as a large group of resource placed in different
computer all around the world.
 The resource can be found and linked through URIs.
 URI identifies resource by assigning them addresses in a given network.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

 A URL is a type of URI that’s used to describe the location of a specific document.
 A URL doesn’t define the type of content to be found (texts, images, movies, etc.), it
only shows where to find it
 A common URL is composed by four parts:
 The Protocol: this specifies which protocol is used to access the document. It is also
called URL scheme.
 The computer name: gives the name of the computer, usually a domain name or IP
address, where the content is hosted.
 The directories path: sequence of directories that define the path to follow to reach
the document.
 The file name: the name of the file containing the resource.
 For Example, http://www.mskdsoft.com/cv/index.php
Protocol: http://
Computer Name (Domain Name): www.mskdsoft.com
Directories path: /cv/
File Name: index.php
 Other example of URL are:
 mailto:[email protected]
 telnet://192.0.2.16:80/
 tel:+923445244445
 ftp://ftp.mskdsoft.com/

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Uniform Resource Name (URN)
 A URN identifies a resource by name in a given namespace but not define how the
resource maybe obtained.
 URN functions like a person’s name, while a URL resembles that person’s street
address.
 In other words, the URN defines an item’s identity, while the URL provides a method
for finding it.
 The ISBN system for uniquely identifying books provides a typical example of the
use of URNs.
 ISBN 0-486-27557-4 (urn:isbn:0-486-27557-4) cites, unambiguously, a specific
edition of Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.
 To gain access to this object and read the book, one needs its location: a URL
address.
 A typical URL for this book an a Unix-like operating system would be a file path such
as file:///home/username/book/, identifying the electronic book library
saved on a local hard disk.
 So URNs and URLs have complementary purposes.
 Example URN are:
 urn:isbn:0451450523 – The URN for the last Unicorn (1968 Book), identified
by its book number.
 urn:isan:0000-0000-9E59-0000-O-0000-0000-2 – The URN for Spider-
Man (2002 film) identified by its audiovisual number.
 urn:issn:0167-6423 – The URN for the science of computer science
programming (scientific journal), identified by its serial number.
 urn:ietf:rfc:2648 – The URN for IETF’s RFC 2648.

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