Principle 2: WIS 2.0 uses Uniform Resource Locators (URL) to identify resources

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Last updated: Jun 18, 2021
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WIS 2.0 uses Uniform Resource Locators (URL)[1] to identify resources (i.e. Web pages, data, metadata, APIs)[2]

BENEFIT:  

  • URLs uniquely identify a resource and describe the primary mechanism for retrieving or interacting with it (i.e. the network 'location' and the communications protocol to be used).

 

[1]   URL is a subtype of URI - see RFC 3986 URI generic syntax, §1.1.3. URI, URL, and URN RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax

[2]   For more information on the identification of resources, refer to Architecture of the World Wide Web Volume 1, §2. Identification https://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/#identification