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What is the scheme-specific part in a URI?

I can't find any explanation as to what exactly the "scheme-specific part" of a URI is.

Solution

  • From wikipedia :

    All URIs and absolute URI references are formed with a scheme name, followed by a colon character (":"), and the remainder of the URI called (in the outdated RFCs 1738 and 2396, but not the current STD 66/RFC 3986) the scheme-specific part.

    The scheme-specific-part is what you have after the :.

    Example :

        http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24077453/
scheme  :   scheme-specific-part