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Most often, URLs use a scheme of <code>http</code> to refer to the [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] as the scheme, and a fully qualified [[Domain Name System]] (DNS) name as the locator. | Most often, URLs use a scheme of <code>http</code> to refer to the [[Hypertext Transfer Protocol]] as the scheme, and a fully qualified [[Domain Name System]] (DNS) name as the locator. | ||
commonly refers to a link on the [[World Wide Web]]. URLs usually start with <nowiki> | This commonly refers to a link on the [[World Wide Web]]. URLs usually start with ''<nowiki>https://</nowiki>'', e.g. this page's URL is ''<nowiki>https://citizendium.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator</nowiki>''. In this example, the ''citizendium.org'' is a [[domain name system|DNS name]]. | ||
==Direct IP protocol request== | ==Direct IP protocol request== | ||
<code><center><nowiki>//<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<url-path></nowiki></center></code> | <code><center><nowiki>//<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<url-path></nowiki></center></code> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 06:10, 3 June 2022
Most commonly used to find resources on the World Wide Web, but much more general in capability, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Their syntax is:
<scheme>:<scheme-specific-part>
A URL contains the name of the scheme being used (<scheme>) followed by a colon and then a string (the <scheme-specific-part>) whose interpretation depends on the scheme. [1]
Representative schemes
Primary WWW usage
Most often, URLs use a scheme of http to refer to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol as the scheme, and a fully qualified Domain Name System (DNS) name as the locator.
This commonly refers to a link on the World Wide Web. URLs usually start with https://, e.g. this page's URL is https://citizendium.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator. In this example, the citizendium.org is a DNS name.
Direct IP protocol request
//<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<url-path> References
- ↑ Berners-Lee T, Masinter L, McCahill M (December 1994), Uniform Resource Locators (URL), RFC 1738