@techreport{bernerslee-t-2005--a, title = {Uniform {R}esource {I}dentifier ({URI}): {G}eneric {S}yntax}, author = {Tim Berners-Lee and R. Fielding and L. Masinter}, institution = {#IETF#}, month = {#jan#}, note = {http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt}, number = {3986}, type = {#rfc#}, url = {http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt}, year = {2005}, biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/271e698e5c06f28de88f94fed015177f8/seebi}, abstract = {A {U}niform {R}esource {I}dentifier ({URI}) is a compact sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource. {T}his specification defines the generic {URI} syntax and a process for resolving {URI} references that might be in relative form, along with guidelines and security considerations for the use of {URI}s on the {I}nternet. {T}he {URI} syntax defines a grammar that is a superset of all valid {URI}s, allowing an implementation to parse the common components of a {URI} reference without knowing the scheme-specific requirements of every possible identifier. {T}his specification does not define a generative grammar for {URI}s; that task is performed by the individual specifications of each {URI} scheme.}, keywords = {jabref:noKeywordAssigned } }