Uniform Resource Name


Uniform Resource Name

(World-Wide Web)(URN, previously Uniform/Universal ResourceNumber) 1. Any URI which is not a URL.

2. A particular scheme which is currently (1991-4) underdevelopment by the IETF, which should provide for theresolution using Internet protocols of names which have agreater persistence than that currently associated withInternet host names or organisations (as used in URLs).Uniform Resource Names will be URI schemes that improve onURLs in reliability over time, including authenticity,replication, and high availability.

When defined, a URN in sense 1 will be an example of a URN insense 2.

http://w3.org/pub/WWW/Addressing/Addressing.html.