What is the difference between a URI, a URL and a URN?

Question

People talk about URLs, URIs, and URNs as if they\'re different things, but they look the same to the naked eye.

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Answer 1

As per RFC 3986, URIs are comprised of the following pieces:

scheme://authority/path?query

The URI describes the protocol for accessing a resource (path) or application (query) on a server (authority).

All the URLs are URIs, and all the URNs are URIs, but all the URIs are not URLs.

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