CURIE

For other uses, see Curie (disambiguation).

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.[1]

The final recommendation was released 16 December 2010.[2]

Example

This example is based on one from the aforementioned draft,[1] 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: <html xmlns:wikipedia="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/">
  • Line 5: Hyperlinked CURIE: [wikipedia:Biome]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "CURIE Syntax 1.0 Working Draft". w3.org. W3C. 7 March 2007.
  2. ^ "CURIE Syntax 1.0 Final Recommendation". w3.org. W3C. 16 December 2010.