@misc{rfc3986, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 3986, howpublished = {RFC 3986}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC3986}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3986}, author = {Tim Berners-Lee and Roy T. Fielding and Larry M Masinter}, title = {{Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax}}, pagetotal = 61, year = 2005, month = jan, abstract = {A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource. This 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 URIs on the Internet. The URI syntax defines a grammar that is a superset of all valid URIs, allowing an implementation to parse the common components of a URI reference without knowing the scheme-specific requirements of every possible identifier. This specification does not define a generative grammar for URIs; that task is performed by the individual specifications of each URI scheme. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }