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A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a string instrucing a client how to request a specific [[resource]]. They always consist of a scheme (like https) and a scheme specific part (like //www.example.com). | A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a string instrucing a client how to request a specific [[resource]]. They always consist of a scheme (like https) and a scheme specific part (like //www.example.com). | ||
The format of a URL is standardized in [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1738 rfc1738]. | |||
== Uniform Resource Identifiers == | |||
The term URL and URI are often confused for each other. A Universal Resource Locator has enough information for a client to actually get the resource. This is not always true for a URI. An example of a URI is: | |||
urn:isbn:0131103628 | |||
[[Category: Terminology]] | |||
[[Category: RFCs]] | |||