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7.1. URI Scheme

This section updates the registration of the "urn" URI scheme in the Permanent URI Registry.

URI Scheme Name​

urn

Status​

permanent

URI Scheme Syntax​

See Section 2 of RFC 8141.

URI Scheme Semantics​

The "urn" scheme identifies Uniform Resource Names, which are persistent, location-independent resource identifiers.

Encoding Considerations​

See Section 2 of RFC 8141.

Applications/Protocols That Use This URI Scheme Name​

Uniform Resource Names are used in a wide variety of applications, including:

  • Bibliographic reference systems
  • Names for Extensible Markup Language (XML) namespaces

Interoperability Considerations​

See Section 4 of RFC 8141.

Security Considerations​

See Sections 6.4.4 and 8 of RFC 8141.

Contact​

URNBIS working group: [email protected]

Author/Change Controller​

This scheme is registered under the IETF tree. As such, the IETF maintains change control.

References​

None.

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