Uniform Resource Name (URN)

About

An URN is a URI that defines unicity of a resource through the use of a name.

Example

  • A person's name could be considered as unique in a class.
  • A more global identifier with UUID represented as a string.
urn:uuid:f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6




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