| Format/length: | URLs are sequences of characters, i.e., letters, digits, and special characters. The characters ";", "/", "?", ":", "@", "=" and "&" are the characters which have been reserved for special meaning. |
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Notes:
The syntax and semantics for a compact string representation for a resource available via the Internet. These strings are called 'UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS (URLS)'.
References:
UK Government Data Standards Catalogue (GDSC), Version 1.1, Agreed 01.09.02. GDSC:
http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/gdsc/html/default.htm
UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL) is the same as COMMUNICATION CONTACT STRING where the COMMUNICATION CONTACT METHOD equals 'e. Uniform Resource Locator (URL)'.
UK Government Data Standards Catalogue
| Data Element | Uniform Resource Locator (URL) |
| Is Part Of |
Contact Information
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| Version | 1.1 |
| Status | Release |
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Version: 1.0 Status: Release
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| Date Agreed | 1 September 2002 |
| Meta Data | Value | ||||||||
| Name | Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | ||||||||
| Description | The syntax and semantics for a compact string representation for a resource available via the Internet. These strings are called "Uniform Resource Locators" (URLs). | ||||||||
| Business Format | URLs are sequences of characters, i.e., letters, digits, and special characters. The characters ";", "/", "?", ":", "@", "=" and "&" are the characters which have been reserved for special meaning. | ||||||||
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| Validation |
See IETF RFC 1738.
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| Owner | OeE | ||||||||
| Based On | IETF RFC1738 | ||||||||
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| Comments |
1. In general, URLs are written as follows: <scheme>:<scheme-specific-part>.
A URL contains the name of the scheme being used followed by a colon and then a string whose interpretation depends on the scheme.
Example schemes are:
Scheme names consist of a sequence of characters. The lower case letters "a"-"z", digits, and the characters plus ("+"), period ("."), and hyphen ("-") are allowed.
2. Amended as the result of discussion at Schema Group meeting 21 August 2002
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This data element is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
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| plural | UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS (URLS) |