!!! Uniform Resource Identifier

'''URI''' provide a means for identifying a resource, an example being the [URL]: ''http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/wiki/?URI''



They are defined as sequences of characters (chosen from a limited subset of the repertoire of ASCII characters) both for '''transmission''' in network protocols and '''representation''' in spoken and written human communication.



Defined in RFC 2396.



* (http://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/uri/ IETF Working Group)

* (http://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/uri/rfc2396.txt RFC 2396)



See also [URL].