**Uniform Resource Identifier - unambiguous reference to a resource (which can be anything, really)** URI is short for Uniform Resource Identifier. It’s a generalization of the concept of a “URL”. Whereas a URL refers to a _Location_ on the internet, a URI unambiguously refers to a generic _resource_. This could be a website, or simply a dataset, image, or anything else. URIs function like [[UUID]]s, but typically have a more hierarchical structure. They also must exist within a given [[Namespace]]. **** # More ## Source ## Related - [[UUID]] - [[Namespace]]