URI
Global name for any resource, from a web page to a person or an idea; the foundation the rest of the stack builds on. IRIs extend URIs to Unicode.
Part of the thread Names that outlive their hosts precedent
alternative to
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Content addressing
concept
[src]
naming by content instead of by location
created by
- Tim Berners-Lee person b. 1955 [src]
subject of
- Cool URIs don't change writing 1998 [src]
built upon by
- Dereferenceable URI concept [src]
- DOI standard 2000 [src]
- GS1 Digital Link standard 2018 [src]
- httpRange-14 concept 2002 [src]
- Identity and co-reference concept [src]
- Linked Data concept 2006 [src]
- RDF standard 1999 [src]
- Semantic Web layer cake concept 2000 [src]
- World Wide Web project 1990 [src]