Uniform Resource Identifier

A uniform resource identifier is a unique set of characters which represents an abstract or physical resource.

Form

A URI must take the form:

URI = scheme ":" ["//" authority] path ["?" query] ["#" fragment]

Example

https://google.com/maps?location=Dublin#Information

This URI can be broken into the following parts

• scheme → https
• authority → google.com
• path → maps
• query → location=Dublin
• fragment → Information