The five URI components
01A URI is parsed into scheme, authority, path, query, and fragment before its meaning is interpreted.
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Identify a secondary resource.
Fragment interpretation depends on the representation’s media type.
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The punctuation marks component boundaries.
- The scheme ends at the first colon.
- An authority, when present, begins after // and ends at /, ?, #, or the end.
- A fragment begins at # and is separated before dereferencing.
The examples simplify the wire representation. Follow the linked specification and application profile for implementation.
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