- File formats:
- Status:
- INTERNET STANDARD
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 2732, RFC 2396, RFC 1808
- Updates:
- RFC 1738
- Updated by:
- RFC 6874, RFC 7320, RFC 8820
- Authors:
- T. Berners-Lee
R. Fielding
L. Masinter - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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Abstract
A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource. This specification defines the generic URI syntax and a process for resolving URI references that might be in relative form, along with guidelines and security considerations for the use of URIs on the Internet. The URI syntax defines a grammar that is a superset of all valid URIs, allowing an implementation to parse the common components of a URI reference without knowing the scheme-specific requirements of every possible identifier. This specification does not define a generative grammar for URIs; that task is performed by the individual specifications of each URI scheme. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.