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Everything about Uniform Resource Identifier

String used to identify a name of a web or internet resource

A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), formerly Universal Resource Identifier, is a unique sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource, such as a webpage, service, email address, phone number, book, real-world object, or concept. In particular, the resource need not be retrievable via the Internet, or any computer network. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Uniform Resource IdentifierA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: An intelligent identification and classification system for malicious uniform resource locators (URLs)Influential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: The OpenURL Framework for context-sensitive servicesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Uniform Resource Identifiers and Online SerialsCited 6 times
  5. Go sideways: URLA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Uniform Resource NameA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A string of characters that identifies a resource that can be accessed over the Internet.

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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