A URI Template is a way to specify a
URI Uri may refer to:
Places
* Canton of Uri, a canton in Switzerland
* Úri, a village and commune in Hungary
* Uri, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province
* Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, a town in India
* Uri (island), an island off Malakula Islan ...
that includes parameters that must be substituted before the URI is resolved. It was
standardized
Standardization or standardisation is the process of implementing and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards organizations and governments. Standardization ...
by RFC 6570 in March 2012.
The syntax is usually to enclose the parameter in
Braces (). The convention is for a parameter to not be
Percent encoded unless it follows a
Question Mark
The question mark (also known as interrogation point, query, or eroteme in journalism) is a punctuation mark that indicates an interrogative clause or phrase in many languages.
History
In the fifth century, Syriac Bible manuscripts used ques ...
(?).
Examples
*
http://example.com/people/-/SSN
*
http://example.com/query
If we were building these URIs for
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( , ; born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct three-octave vocal range and eccentric persona, she has de ...
with ''firstName''=Björk and ''lastName''=Guðmundsdóttir they would be:
*
http://example.com/people/Björk-Guðmundsdóttir/SSN
*
http://example.com/query?firstName=Bj%c3%b6rk&lastName=Gu%c3%b0mundsd%c3%b3ttir
See also
*
European Legislation Identifier
The European Legislation Identifier (ELI) provides, among others, a solution to uniquely identify and access national and European legislation online. This will guarantee easier access, exchange and reuse of legislation for public authorities, prof ...
(URI template is used by ELI)
External links
RFC6570 - URI Templateat the
IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a standards organization for the Internet and is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership roster or requirements and a ...
List of RFC6570 Implementations
{{DEFAULTSORT:Uri Template
Internet Standards
URL