URI: Global Identity

Resources

Spec

• RFC 3986: URI Generic Syntax - The definitive spec. Defines the syntax of URIs (scheme, authority, path, query, fragment).
• RFC 3987: IRI (Internationalized Resource Identifiers) - Extension of URI to support Unicode characters.

In Semantic Web

• W3C RDF 1.2 Concepts: Section on IRIs - How URIs are used as the identity layer in RDF triples.

Others

• W3C: URIs, URLs, and URNs - Clarifies the confusing URI vs URL vs URN distinction.
• Tim Berners-Lee: Cool URIs Don’t Change - Design principles for long-lived URIs. Short and opinionated.
• Tim Berners-Lee: Linked Data Principles - The four rules for publishing data on the web, all built on URIs.