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Discussion on: What Is The Difference Between A URI And A URL?

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manuel • Edited

dev.to → URI
dev.to with protocol (https, ftp) → URL

tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#sectio...

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Dorian Peake

dev.to is not a URI, it is just a domain name.

URI's must start with a scheme (e.g. file, http, ftp) as specified in section 1.1.1 of the RFC you linked to.

A scheme may or may not be associated with a protocol which is where your confustion may be coming from. For instance the schemes 'http' and 'ftp' are clearly associated with the HTTP and FTP protocols, whereas the 'file' scheme is not associated with any protocol.

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manuel

Hm yes, correct. I think I confused myself :D
Sorry.

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kulcsar-bence • Edited

If "Your Name" can be an URI, any domain name is an URI too, yes?