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'''XRI''' stands for '''Extensible Resource Identifier,''' an open standard protocol for digital identity addressing developed by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), a not-for-profit consortium engaged in developing interoperability protocols for security, Cloud Computing, SOA, Web services, the Smart Grid, electronic publishing, emergency management, etc.<ref>[http://www.oasis-open.org/standards www.oasis-open.org About]</ref> The characteristics of the XRI is the same as the Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)], which provides a simple and extensible way for identifying a resource.However, an XRI is capable of including characters beyond what is used by the generic [[URI]] and incorporates the simplification and enhancements of the URI syntax.<ref>[http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/5109/xri-syntax-resolution-1.0-cd.pdf Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI) Generic Syntax and Resolution Specification, Committee Draft, January 12, 2004]</ref> | '''XRI''' stands for '''Extensible Resource Identifier,''' an open standard protocol for digital identity addressing developed by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), a not-for-profit consortium engaged in developing interoperability protocols for security, Cloud Computing, SOA, Web services, the Smart Grid, electronic publishing, emergency management, etc.<ref>[http://www.oasis-open.org/standards www.oasis-open.org About]</ref> The characteristics of the XRI is the same as the Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)], which provides a simple and extensible way for identifying a resource.However, an XRI is capable of including characters beyond what is used by the generic [[URI]] and incorporates the simplification and enhancements of the URI syntax. <ref>[http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/5109/xri-syntax-resolution-1.0-cd.pdf Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI) Generic Syntax and Resolution Specification, Committee Draft, January 12, 2004]</ref> | ||
==XRI Syntax== | |||
The OASIS XRI Technical Committee explained that just like the generic URI, the XRI syntax, it has four optional components with the scheme name xri: For example: xri: authority / path ? query # fragment. The HTTP URIs which uses the generic URI syntax can be changed to a valid XRI by simply changing an http URI to XRI. For example:<ref>[ http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/5109/xri-syntax-resolution-1.0-cd.pdf Generic Syntax]</ref> | |||
http://www.icannwiki.com/pages/index.html--- standard HTTP URI | |||
xri://www.icannwiki.com/pages/index.html--- converted to XRI | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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XRI stands for Extensible Resource Identifier, an open standard protocol for digital identity addressing developed by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), a not-for-profit consortium engaged in developing interoperability protocols for security, Cloud Computing, SOA, Web services, the Smart Grid, electronic publishing, emergency management, etc.[1] The characteristics of the XRI is the same as the Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs)], which provides a simple and extensible way for identifying a resource.However, an XRI is capable of including characters beyond what is used by the generic URI and incorporates the simplification and enhancements of the URI syntax. [2]
XRI Syntax[edit | edit source]
The OASIS XRI Technical Committee explained that just like the generic URI, the XRI syntax, it has four optional components with the scheme name xri: For example: xri: authority / path ? query # fragment. The HTTP URIs which uses the generic URI syntax can be changed to a valid XRI by simply changing an http URI to XRI. For example:[3] http://www.icannwiki.com/pages/index.html--- standard HTTP URI xri://www.icannwiki.com/pages/index.html--- converted to XRI