Internet - Draft URI Generic Syntax

A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact string of characters for identifying an abstract or physical resource. This document defines the generic syntax of a URI, including both absolute and relative forms, and guidelines for their use. This document defines a grammar that is a superset of all valid URIs, such that an implementation can parse the common components of a URI reference without knowing the scheme-specific requirements of every possible identifier type. This document does not define a generative grammar for all URIs; that task will be performed by the individual specifications of each URI scheme. Berners-Lee, et al. Expires November 21, 2003 [Page 1] Internet-Draft URI Generic Syntax May 2003 Editorial Note Discussion of this draft and comments to the editors should be sent to the uri@w3.org mailing list. An issues list and version history is available at .