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CURIE

Form of abbreviated URI

In computing, a CURIE (or Compact URI) defines a generic, abbreviated syntax for expressing Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). It is an abbreviated URI expressed in a compact syntax, and may be found in both XML and non-XML grammars. A CURIE may be considered a datatype.

An example of CURIE syntax: [isbn:0393315703]

The square brackets may be used to prevent ambiguities between CURIEs and regular URIs, yielding so-called safe CURIEs.

QNames (the namespace prefixes used in XML) often are used as a CURIE, and may be considered a type of CURIE. Unlike QNames, the part of a CURIE after the colon does not need to conform to the rules for XML element names.

The first W3C Working Draft of CURIE syntax was released 7 March 2007{{Cite tech report | editor-last1 = Birbeck | editor-first1 = Mark | editor-last2 = McCarron | editor-first2 = Shane | editor-last1 = Birbeck | editor-first1 = Mark | editor-last2 = McCarron | editor-first2 = Shane

Example

This example is based on one from the aforementioned draft, using a QName syntax within XHTML.

<html xmlns:wikipedia="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/">
	<head>...</head>
	<body>
		<p>
			Find out more about <a href="[wikipedia:Biome]">biomes</a>.
		</p>
	</body>
</html>

Line 1: Prefix definition:
Line 5: Hyperlinked CURIE: [wikipedia:Biome]

References

Info: Wikipedia Source

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